Assessing destination images of an Olympic host city using social media

European Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-18

  Banyai, Maria ^a   Potwarka, Luke R ^b  

^a GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CATPAC II; Destination image; Intentions to revisit; Olympic tourism; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860122203     PISSN: 19947658     EISSN: 13140817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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