Skills development in tourism: South Africa's tourism-led development strategy

GeoJournal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-227

  Kaplan, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

South African tourism; tourism skills; training; transformation

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATIONS; TOURISM;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TRAINING;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3943057609     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEJO.0000034729.04687.a2     Document Type: Review

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