The impact of the internet on information sources portfolios: Insight from a mature market

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-80

  Beritelli, Pietro ^a   Bieger, Thomas ^a   Laesser, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Destination marketing; Information sourcing; Internet, WWW; Promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649023069     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v22n01_05     Document Type: Article

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