The online destination image of Goa

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-39

  Dwivedi, Mridula ^a   Yadav, Anil ^a   Patel, Viral Raghavjibhai ^a  

^a Institute for International Management and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Economic growth; India; Information media; Internet; Social networks; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885946230     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554210910949869     Document Type: Article

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