Level of congruency in photographic representations of destination marketing organizations? websites and brochures

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 71-86

  Singh, Neha ^a   Formica, Sandro ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brochure; Congruency; Destination image; Destination Marketing Organization; Photographic representations; Website

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548514219     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: 15410897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v15n03_05     Document Type: Article

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