Image and perceived risk: A study of Uganda and its official tourism website

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 675-684

  Lepp, Andrew ^a   Gibson, Heather ^b   Lane, Charles ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Destination image; Destination marketing; Risk; Website

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

UGANDA;

EID: 78650989315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.05.024     Document Type: Article

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