Web site accessibility of German and UK tourism information sites

European Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 577-589

  Williams, Russell ^a   Rattray, Rulzion ^a   Stork, Alexandra ^a  

^a Independent Researcher ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Information exchange; Internet; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986116679     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340410565404     Document Type: Article

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