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Abstract

Guides and tour operators as professionals play a key role in the growing global tourism industry, supporting, engaging and diverting visitors who travel to places they want to learn more about and be entertained by. Behind the scene there are challenges and tensions related to the particular professional roles, the vibrant matters and staff that stand-in for the guide, physical efforts, and the competitive and vulnerable position guides have on a highly competitive job market. ‘Key role’ is also ‘contested space’. This special issue focuses on the guides and tour operators and the challenges they face in their working role.

DOI

10.1080/15022250.2017.1330843

Publication Date

2017-10-02

Publication Title

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

Volume

17

Issue

4

ISSN

1502-2250

Organisational Unit

School of Art, Design and Architecture

First Page

331

Last Page

332

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