Information at tourism destinations. Importance and cross-cultural differences between international and domestic tourists

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-152

  Ortega, Enrique ^a   Rodríguez, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Information search; Tourism destinations; Tourism information

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846331699     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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