Virtual Networks in the Tourism Industry.

The application of Internet technologies to tourism activities has led to the emergence of virtual networks in the tourism industry. This trend is particularly evident at the destination level. where the proliferation of destination management systems has produced substantial improvements in time, costs, quality, and flexibility of destinations' supply. However, despite these significant progresses there still appear to be some limitations, which raise the question of whether, and to which extent, the emerging virtual tourism networks are leveraging the full potentialities of Internet technologies. To try to answer this question, the results of an empirical analysis of thirty destinations web sites is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]