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Education Sector as a Stakeholder of Destination Management Organizations: Cooperation of Local DMOs with Educational Institutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2015

Jacek Borzyszkowski  and
Mirosław Marczak
Jacek Borzyszkowski
Affiliation:
Tourism Department, Faculty of Economics, Koszalin University of Technology; Ul. E. Kwiatkowskiego 6E, 75-343 Koszalin, Poland. E-mail: jacbo@wp.pl
Mirosław Marczak
Affiliation:
Tourism Department, Faculty of Economics, Koszalin University of Technology; Ul. E. Kwiatkowskiego 6E, 75-343 Koszalin, Poland. E-mail: jacbo@wp.pl
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Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to present the activities of local DMOs (destination management organizations) in the context of the development of the tourist education sector in Poland. The article provides the results of the authors’ research on the collaboration between DMOs and the representatives of the educational sector in Poland, especially in the area of the training of professionally prepared personnel for the operation of the market of tourist services.

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European Review , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , October 2015 , pp. 527 - 539
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© Academia Europaea 2015 

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