Investigation of the key success factors in virtual tourism

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3073-3080

  Maymand, Mohammad Mahmoudi ^a   Farsijani, Hassan ^b   Tahery Moosavi, Sara S ^a  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electronic readiness; ICT; Iran; Virtual reality (VR); Virtual tourism (VT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865130649     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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