The Role of Hypertext in Consumer Decision Making. The Case of Travel Destination Choice

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Valdés-Munoz, Raul
Date
2012
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Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu - National Louis Univeristy
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Abstract
Travel is one of the most popular items people tend to be comfortable with purchasing over the Internet. Hypertext is a form of electronic text composed of blocks of words (or images) linked electronically by multple paths, chains, or trails. This study explores the importance of hypertext in the travel destnaton choice from websites. Results show that hypertext links containing images of destnatons, informatve texts, and search tools are the three most important features utlized by tourist website browsers. This study aims to offer insights into new areas for further research on tourism websites design, applicaton and evaluaton.
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travel    internet    websites    destnaton choice    hypertext
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Valdez Munoz, R. (2012). The Role of Hypertext in Consumer Decision Making. The Case of Travel Destination Choice. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, 8(3), 78-94
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https://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/14224
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