Consumer objectives and the amount of search in electronic travel and tourism markets

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 3-14

  Öörni, Anssi ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumer search; Electronic commerce; Electronic markets; Empirical research; Tourism; Travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651193831     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v17n02_01     Document Type: Article

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