Investigating the determinants of travel blogs influencing readers' intention to travel

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-255

  Wang, Hsiu Yuan ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

behavioural intention; perceived destination image; travel blogs

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; INTERNET; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84863355454     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2011.559225     Document Type: Article

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