An analysis of the utilization of Facebook by local Korean governments for tourism development and the network of smart tourism ecosystem

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1320-1327

  Park, Ji Hoon ^a   Lee, Cheolhan ^b   Yoo, Changsok ^c   Nam, Yoonjae ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Facebook; Local governments; Network analysis; Smart tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

FACEBOOK; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; KOREAN GOVERNMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SMART TOURISM; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM INDUSTRY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84993927131     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2016.05.027     Document Type: Article

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