An exploratory investigation of web-based tourist information search behavior

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-360

  Ho, Chaang Iuan ^a   Liu, Yung Ping ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Information search behavior; Web based tourist information

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; TOURISM;

EID: 31144473607     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941660500363645     Document Type: Article

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