Cuba: Hero of the Caribbean? A profile of its tourism education strategy

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-155

  Wood, Pat ^a   Jayawardena, Chandana ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Cuba; Education; Hospitality industry; Tourism; Vocational training; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099531     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110310470176     Document Type: Article

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