Representation of the online tourism domain in search engines

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-150

  Xiang, Zheng ^a   Wöber, Karl ^b   Fesenmaier, Daniel R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b MODUL UNIVERSITY VIENNA   (Austria)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination marketing; Internet; Search engine; Tourism domain; Travel information search

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 53549110487     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287508321193     Document Type: Article

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