A content analysis of the web sites of Turkish travel agencies

Anatolia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-54

  Roney, Sevgin Akiş ^a   Özturan, Meltem ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Direct marketing; Information technology; Travel agencies; Turkey; Wed site design

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MARKETING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33745636845     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2006.9687026     Document Type: Article

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