TY - JOUR
T1 - Editorial
AU - Jonasson, Mikael
AU - Smith, Phil
PY - 2017/10/2
Y1 - 2017/10/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/context/ada-research/article/1343/viewcontent/editorial.pdf
U2 - 10.1080/15022250.2017.1330843
DO - 10.1080/15022250.2017.1330843
M3 - Article
SN - 1502-2250
VL - 17
SP - 331
EP - 332
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
IS - 4
ER -