TY - JOUR
T1 - Statutory smoking bans and tourism destinations
T2 - Opportunity or threat?
AU - Hearns, Namh
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - The impact of statutory smoking bans on hospitality and restaurant organizations is an ongoing focus in both academic and popular debate. Indeed recent Irish legislation and current discussion within both the UK, and the EU, suggest that the issue will remain topical. This commentary focuses on the less discussed issue of how such anti-smoking initiatives impact on tourism destinations. A number of positive and negative marketing issues are highlighted and suggestions for empirical research are presented.
AB - The impact of statutory smoking bans on hospitality and restaurant organizations is an ongoing focus in both academic and popular debate. Indeed recent Irish legislation and current discussion within both the UK, and the EU, suggest that the issue will remain topical. This commentary focuses on the less discussed issue of how such anti-smoking initiatives impact on tourism destinations. A number of positive and negative marketing issues are highlighted and suggestions for empirical research are presented.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878300995&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1479053042000314494
DO - 10.1080/1479053042000314494
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84878300995
SN - 1479-053X
VL - 1
SP - 195
EP - 200
JO - Tourism and Hospitality, Planning and Development
JF - Tourism and Hospitality, Planning and Development
IS - 3
ER -