Information search behavior and tourist characteristics: The internet vis-à-vis Other information sources

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 15-25

  Luo, Man ^a   Feng, Ruomei ^b   Cai, Liping A ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information search behavior; Internet; Tourist

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992959728     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v17n02_02     Document Type: Article

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