Visitor centre staffing: involving volunteers

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Visitor centre staffing: involving volunteers

Volunteer involvement in visitor centres has received little attention by tourism researchers despite thecritical role staff play in welcoming tourists to a destination and promoting tourism activities. Thecommunity function of visitor centres e of which volunteering is part e has also been underpla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Smith, K., Holmes, Kirsten
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier Science Ltd 2011
Subjects:	visitor information centre motivation community involvement Tourism volunteering
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23422

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