Usability issues in city tourism website design: A content analysis

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 789-796

  Zhou, Quan ^a   DeSantis, Rich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

City tourism website; Content analysis; Cross cultural; Usability

Indexed keywords

CITY TOURISM WEBSITE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA REDUCTION; WEBSITES;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 33745257044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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