Near field communication technology in tourism

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-18

  Pesonen, Juho ^a   Horster, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

E tourism; Mobile devices; Near field communication; NFC; Technology; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868275810     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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