The use of photographs on consumer generated content websites: Practical implications for destination image analysis

Tourism Informatics: Visual Travel Recommender Systems, Social Communities, and User Interface Design

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 243-260

  Schmallegger, Doris ^a,b   Carson, Dean ^b   Jacobsen, Damien ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84879438739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-818-5.ch014     Document Type: Chapter

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