Enhancing destination image through travel website information

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-27

  Jeong, Chul ^a   Holland, Stephen ^b   Jun, Soo H ^c   Gibson, Heather ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Destination image; Experimental design; Image evolution; Induced image; Organic image; Travel website information

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INTERNET; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 83355171384     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.827     Document Type: Article

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