Factors affecting the adoption of e-commerce for the tourism industry in Taiwan

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-119

  Hung, Yu Chung ^a   Yang, Yung Lu ^b   Yang, Hao Erl ^b   Chuang, Ya Hsueh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E commerce; Innovation adoption; Online trading system

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78751528750     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2011.539394     Document Type: Article

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