Common practices in destination website design

Journal of Destination Marketing and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 94-106

  Luna Nevarez, Cuauhtemoc ^a   Hyman, Michael R ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Destination marketing organization (DMO); Destination website; Gathering tourist information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873427177     PISSN: 2212571X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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