Traveling through the web: A first step toward a comparative analysis of European National Tourism Websites

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 718-739

  Giannopoulos, Antonios A ^a   Mavragani, Eleni P ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Destination marketing; DMO; e tourism; ICT; Official national tourism websites; Tourism marketing; Website development

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053027400     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368623.2011.577706     Document Type: Article

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