Hospitality and tourism education in the making: The case of the Sultanate of Oman

Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-87

  Abdul Ghani, Mohamed ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Hospitality and tourism education; Human resources development; Oman

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751544209     PISSN: 15313220     EISSN: 15313239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J172v06n02_06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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