A comparison of student and practitioner perspectives of the travel and tourism internship

Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-39

  Beggs, Brent ^a   Ross, Craig M ^b   Goodwin, Bryan ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Internships; Perceptions; Practitioner; Student; Tourism; Travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849122226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14738376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3794/johlste.71.161     Document Type: Article

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