What destination marketers can learn from their visitors' blogs: An image analysis of Bethlehem, Palestine

Journal of Destination Marketing and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 124-133

  Çakmak, Erdinç ^a   Isaac, Rami K ^a  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bethlehem; Blogs; Content analysis; Destination image; Electronic word of mouth; Semantic network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873441511     PISSN: 2212571X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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