Social media picture posting and souvenir purchasing behavior: Some initial findings

Tourism Management

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-30

  Boley, Bynum ^a   Magnini, Vincent ^a   Tuten, Tracy ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Online photography; Picture sharing; Posting pictures; Social media; Souvenirs; Sustainable tourism; Travel pictures

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MARKETING; PHOTOGRAPH; SOCIAL NETWORK; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84873258734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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