Job ready graduates: A tourism industry perspective

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-72

  Ayres, Helen ^b   Huyton, Jeremy ^b   Wang, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Skills shortages; Tourism education; Tourism industry careers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958523151     PISSN: 14476770     EISSN: 18395260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jhtm.16.1.62     Document Type: Article

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