Analysing Linkage between ICT and US State Tourism Websites

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dc.contributor.authorZach, Florian J.en
dc.contributor.authorXiang, Zhengen
dc.contributor.authorBaggio, Rodolfoen
dc.contributor.editorNeidhardt, Juliaen
dc.contributor.editorWörndl, Wolfgangen
dc.contributor.editorParis, Codyen
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-19T22:44:20Zen
dc.date.available2020-01-19T22:44:20Zen
dc.date.issued2019-12-24en
dc.date.updated2020-01-19T22:44:17Zen
dc.description.abstractDestination websites have been an important component in the online travel ecosystem since the beginning of the commercial Internet, and their adoption and use of ICT websites to serve their online marketing goals reflects their overall strategy and ability to adapt to the ever-changing environment. The purpose of this study is to examine 1) what types of ICT websites are hyperlinked to destination websites, and 2) how the linkages to ICT websites have evolved along with the significant technological developments during the last two decades. To that end we analysed archival hyperlink data for state tourism websites in the United States. We find that the connectivity between US state tourism websites and ICT websites increased dramatically with the availability of social media and Web 2.0 websites, and fragmentation of the network was reduced likely due to technology convergence. This study offers several research directions for understanding technology adoption by destination marketing organizations.en
dc.description.notesYes, full paper (Peer reviewed?)en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.issn1941-5842en
dc.identifier.issue17en
dc.identifier.orcidZach, Florian [0000-0003-0243-4913]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/96493en
dc.identifier.volume3en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTexas A & M Universityen
dc.relation.ispartofENTER 2020en
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.tdl.org/ertr/index.php/ertr/article/view/518en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectICTen
dc.subjectInterneten
dc.subjectTourism websitesen
dc.subjecthyperlink analysisen
dc.titleAnalysing Linkage between ICT and US State Tourism Websitesen
dc.title.serialE-review of Tourism Researchen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
pubs.finish-date2020-01-10en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Businessen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/Hospitality and Tourism Managementen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/PCOB T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.start-date2020-01-06en

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