An Application of Travel Blog Narratives to Explore Memorable Tourism Experiences

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 680-693

  Chandralal, Lalith ^a,b   Rindfleish, Jennifer ^a   Valenzuela, Fredy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

autobiographical memory; memorable tourism experiences; MTEs; netnography; travel blogs; travel experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930570887     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2014.925944     Document Type: Article

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