Profiling the Users of Travel Websites for Planning and Online Experience Sharing

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-426

  Ip, Crystal ^a   Lee, Hee ^a   Law, Rob ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

experience sharing; Hong Kong; Internet; planning; travel websites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862674127     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348010388663     Document Type: Article

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