Transformative tour guiding: Training tour guides to be critically reflective practitioners

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Christie, Michael F ^a   Mason, Peter A ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TRAINING;

AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 0141873051     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14724040308668130     Document Type: Article

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