The tourism labour conundrum: Agenda for new research in the geography of hospitality workers

Hospitality and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-45

  Zampoukos, Kristina ^a   Etour, Dimitri Ioannides ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

'critical turn'; Hospitality work; Hospitality workers; Political economy; Tourism labour Geography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872509582     PISSN: 20427913     EISSN: 20427921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/hosp.1.1.25_1     Document Type: Article

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