International tourists' image of Zhangjiajie, China: Content analysis of travel blogs

International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-315

  Son, Aram ^a  

^a Department of Computer Science and Technology University   (China)

Author keywords

Blogs; China; Content analysis; Destination image; Tourism; Travel; Zhangjiajie

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156561     PISSN: 17506182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506181111156998     Document Type: Article

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