"I would love to work in tourism, but ...": Exploring the outcomes of an ethnic tourism education initiative

Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-58

  Wu, Mao Ying ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career preferences; Contrast; H T jobs; Tibetan undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870818053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14738376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhlste.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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