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ISSN: 1898-0511     eISSN: 2353-2858    OAI    DOI: 10.18276/smt.2015.16-15
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Issue archive / Vol. 16, 2/2015
Social media and tourism. The analysis of selected current and future research trends

Authors: Krzysztof Stepaniuk
Bialystok University of Technology
Keywords: social media tourism future research trends crowdsourcing
Data publikacji całości:2015
Page range:8 (153-160)
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Abstract

  The issue of the article concerns the analysis of current research trends related to tourism and social media. Based on the results of a critical analysis of the literature, an outline of the directions of future scientific research in this area was also shown.  These studies of interdisciplinary nature would include the issues from the field of social and economic sciences with particular emphasis on crowdsourcing and the possibilities of its implementation in the social media for the development of tourism in the region.
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