Future eDestination Marketing: Perspective of an Australian Tourism Stakeholder Network

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 778-790

  Mistilis, Nina ^a   Buhalis, Dimitrios ^b   Gretzel, Ulrike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

destination marketing; digital tourism; futures; stakeholder network; strategy development

Indexed keywords

STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84908129816     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287514522874     Document Type: Article

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