E-Tourism Developments in Greece: Information Communication Technologies Adoption for the Strategic Management of the Greek Tourism Industry

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-130

  Buhalis, Dimitrios ^a   Deimezi, Ourania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

destination management systems; e tourism; Greece; information communication technologies; small and medium sized tourism organisations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992847146     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.thr.6040011     Document Type: Article

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