Shaping destination images through social networking sites: A case study of Singapore

Advances in Hospitality and Leisure

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-107

  Shen, Han ^a   Song, Chengyi ^a   Li, Mimi ^a   Jiang, Qian ^a  

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Author keywords

Destination image; Singapore; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947276610     PISSN: 17453542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1745-354220150000011006     Document Type: Article

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