Tourism's destination dominance and marketing website usefulness

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 552-564

  Woodside, Arch G ^a   Vicente, Ramos Mir ^b   Duque, Mariana ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Marketing; Tourism; Web sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957667086     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111111130038     Document Type: Article

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