How 'capital' are capital cities on the internet?

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 19-33

  Diekmann, Anya ^a   Cloquet, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Branding; Capital cities; Content analysis; Promotion; Website

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; HERITAGE TOURISM; INTERNET; NATIONAL PLANNING; POLITICAL HISTORY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

BELGIUM; BRUSSELS [BELGIUM];

EID: 84555197537     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2011.634892     Document Type: Article

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