Defining the virtual tourist community: Implications for tourism marketing

Tourism Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 407-417

  Wang, Youcheng ^a   Yu, Quaehee ^a   Fesenmaier, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; E Commerce; Marketing; Tourism; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; E-COMMERCE; INTERNET; MARKETING; TOURISM;

EID: 0036072124     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(01)00093-0     Document Type: Article

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