High tech versus high touch: Visitor responses to the use of technology in tourist attractions

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 37-47

  Benckendorff, Pierre ^a   Moscardo, Gianna ^a   Murphy, Laurie ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attractions; Cyber tourism; High touch high tech; Market segments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979732949     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2005.11081485     Document Type: Article

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