Destination image representation on the web: Content analysis of Macau travel related websites

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-129

  Choi, Soojin ^a   Lehto, Xinran Y ^a   Morrison, Alastair M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CATPAC II; Content analysis; Correspondence analysis; Destination image; Destination marketing; Macau; Text mining; Websites

Indexed keywords

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MACAU;

EID: 33748697180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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