Digital cameras and photo taking behaviour on the Great Barrier Reef - marketing opportunities for reef tour operators

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-183

  Prideaux, Bruce ^a   Coghlan, Alexandra ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blogs; Commercial photography; Digital camera; Facebook; Great Barrier Reef; Photography

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955296561     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766710372244     Document Type: Article

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