Destination competitiveness through the use of information and communication technologies

Proceedings of the European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, EMCIS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  ÇetInkaya, Ali Sükrü ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Destination competitiveness; Destination management systems; Information and communication technologies; Tourism; Tourism information systems

Indexed keywords

DESTINATION COMPETITIVENESS; DESTINATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; TOURISM; TOURISM INFORMATION SYSTEM;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84857723163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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