Holistic competence approach in tourism higher education: an exploratory study in Spain

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 312-326

  López Bonilla, Jesús Manuel ^a   López Bonilla, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

competence; European higher education area; Spain; structural equation model; tourism education

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; TOURISM;

ANDALUCIA; SEVILLA; SEVILLE; SPAIN;

EID: 84899757228     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2012.720248     Document Type: Article

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