The impact of the internet on travel agencies in Hong Kong

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 105-126

  Law, Rob ^a   Law, Angela ^a   Wai, Edmund ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Disintermediation; Hong Kong; Internet; Travel agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844375798     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v11n02_06     Document Type: Article

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