Tourism and the smartphone app: capabilities, emerging practice and scope in the travel domain

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-101

  Dickinson, Janet E ^a   Ghali, Karen ^b   Cherrett, Thomas ^b   Speed, Chris ^c   Davies, Nigel ^d   Norgate, Sarah ^e  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

app; Internet of things; mobile media; smartphone; sustainable travel; transport

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; RESEARCH; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84893605039     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2012.718323     Document Type: Article

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