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eTourism Curriculum Development: A Destination Management Organisation Perspective

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Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2007

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The paper is presenting results from an information and communication technology (ICT) curriculum development project for the tourism industry, called etCurriculum. After specifying the objectives of the project the various development steps of a curriculum prototype are discussed. Based on Porter and Millar’s (1985) value chain model the specific (re-)qualification requirements of local tourism organisations in the knowledge field of ICT have been recorded by interviewing a representative number of destination management organisation employees. The curriculum prototype was adapted based on these results.

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Fuchs, M., Höpken, W., Mirski, P., Lembacher, A., Ainedter, B. (2007). eTourism Curriculum Development: A Destination Management Organisation Perspective. In: Sigala, M., Mich, L., Murphy, J. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2007. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-69566-1_48

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