An empirical study of an online travel purchase intention model

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-39

  Wen, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce; E consumer behavior; Hospitality; Internet; Purchase intention; SEM; Tourism; Website design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865031966     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2012.638558     Document Type: Article

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