Regional analysis of tourism companies online in Spain

Authors

  • Raquel Villalba Trujillo
  • Laura Martínez Caro
  • Soledad María Martínez María-Dolores
Keywords: Tourism, e-commerce, tourism webs, content analysis

Abstract

Information online is one of most influential sources when choosing holiday destination. The development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has allowed the development of tools to facilitate the improvement of the tourism sector online. Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyze the content and services offered by several Spanish tourist sites, in order to check if the design of these exploits to the maximum resources provided by ICTs and are demands by the current tourists. Through a content analysis we has been studied 243 portals, proved that the commercialization, e-mail, telephone of contact, social networks and elements of consumer interaction. Main conclusion is that there are significant differences between Autonomous Communities as far as electronic business is concerned.

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Villalba Trujillo, R., Martínez Caro, L., & Martínez María-Dolores, S. M. (2014). Regional analysis of tourism companies online in Spain. Cuadernos de Turismo, (34), 335–349. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/turismo/article/view/203181
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