E-commerce adoption of travel and tourism organisations in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Uganda

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-200

  Maswera, Tonderai ^a   Dawson, Ray ^a   Edwards, Janet ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; E commerce; Tourism

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MARKETING; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

POTENTIAL INTERNET MARKET; TOURISM;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 44349093642     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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