Destination image and visit intention among members of yahoo!-taiwan's travel communities: An online survey approach

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-69

  Lin, Yueh Hsiu ^a   Wu, Chin Yuan ^a   Chang, Janet ^b  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Destination image; Online survey; Travel intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450137328     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354206777770628     Document Type: Article

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