The unexpected road to spirituality via volunteer tourism

Tourism

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-185

  Zahra, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Narrative methodology; Postmodernism; Religion; Spirituality; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARADIGM SHIFT; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RELIGION; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33745851918     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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