What do we know about social media in tourism? A review

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-36

  Zeng, Benxiang ^a   Gerritsen, Rolf ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Impact; Literature review; Research agenda; Social media; Tourism marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893406343     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2014.01.001     Document Type: Review

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