Virtual destination image: Testing a telepresence model

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-35

  Hyun, Martin Yongho ^a   O'Keefe, Robert Martin ^b  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Destination image; Internet; Telepresence; Tourism; Tourist behavior; Web mediated information

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155133931     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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