The value of tourism degrees: A Luton-based case study

Education + Training

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-161

  Petrova, Petia ^a   Mason, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airlines; Tourism; Travel; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986178202     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910410531804     Document Type: Article

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