The contribution of website design to the generation of tourist destination image: The moderating effect of involvement

Tourism Management

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 303-317

  Rodriguez Molina M A ^a   Frias Jamilena D M ^a   Castaneda Garcia J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Information overload; Involvement; Tourist destination image; Website

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; IMAGE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84908637492     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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