Factors Influencing the Usability of Mobile Destination Management Organization Websites

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 453-464

  Stienmetz, Jason L ^a   Levy, Stuart E ^b   Boo, Soyoung ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

destination websites; mobile websites; usability; website evaluation

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878753436     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287512467698     Document Type: Article

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