The Impact of Social Media on the Consumer Decision Process: Implications for Tourism Marketing

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 156-160

  Hudson, Simon ^a   Thal, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer decision journey; Social media; travel sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874597090     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2013.751276     Document Type: Article

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