Towards new skill requirements for destination organizations: An exploratory study

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-53

  Pechlaner, Harald ^a   Fuchs, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Destination management; Knowledge acquisition; Skill requirements; Tourism organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011086571     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354202108749943     Document Type: Article

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