A netnographic examination of travelers' online discussions of risks

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 2-3, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-71

  Björk, Peter ^a   Kauppinen Räisänen, Hannele ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Information search; Netnography; Perceived risk; Tourism; Tourist decision making; Travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861312881     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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