Blogs in tourism: Changing approaches to information exchange

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-110

  Schmallegger, Doris ^a   Carson, Dean ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

destination marketing; tourism management; travel blogs; web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350468297     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766707087519     Document Type: Article

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