Developing and testing a global model to explain the adoption of websites by users in rural tourism accommodations

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1178-1186

  Herrero, ángel ^a   San Martín, Héctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Ease of use; Information; Usefulness; Website adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862175552     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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