Study on chinese tourism web sites' distribution and online marketing effects;Chinese source

Journal of China Tourism Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-395

  Cheng, Shaowen ^a   Zhang Prof , Jie ^a   Fox, Dorothy ^b   Xu, Eifei ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese tourism web sites; Distribution; Online marketing effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922685105     PISSN: 19388160     EISSN: 19388179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388160.2010.527575     Document Type: Article

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