Traveler Acceptance of an App-Based Mobile Tour Guide

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 401-432

  Lai, Ivan K W ^a  

^a MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

Author keywords

entertainment; informativeness; mobile technology; technology acceptance model; unified theory of acceptance and use of technology; user acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936996819     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348013491596     Document Type: Article

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