Travelling with a purpose: Understanding the motives and benefits of volunteer vacationers

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 479-496

  Brown, Sally ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Impacts; Travel motivation factors; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

TOURISM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 29344448011     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500508668232     Document Type: Review

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