Internet use among travel agencies in Turkey: An exploratory study

Tourism Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-266

  Özturan, Meltem ^a   Roney, Sevgin Akiş ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Internet use; Travel agencies; Turkey

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TOURISM;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 1142281986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(03)00097-9     Document Type: Article

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