The tourism workforce and policy: Exploring the assumptions using Crete as the case study

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-87

  Andriotis, Konstantinos ^a   Vaughan, David Roger ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crete; Jobs; Policy; Quality; Seasonality; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR MARKET; SEASONALITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2442665691     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500408667973     Document Type: Article

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