eTourism in China: A Review of the Chinese-Language Literature

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 464-482

  Zhong, Lina ^a   Leung, Daniel ^b   Law, Rob ^b   Wu, Bihu ^a  

^a BEIJING INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Chinese literature; eTourism; review research

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LANGUAGE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84879525560     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2012.680974     Document Type: Article

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