ICT Innovation and Local Economy: Mobile Game as a Tourist Attraction

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-268

  Makkonen, Teemu ^a,b   Hokkanen, Timo J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Department of Environmental Protection   (Finland)

Author keywords

attraction; ICT innovation; tourism; visitor expenditure

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; LOCAL ECONOMY; TOURISM; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

FINLAND;

EID: 84885419135     PISSN: 15022250     EISSN: 15022269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15022250.2013.772770     Document Type: Article

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