Sex and shunting: Contrasting aspects of serious leisure within the tourism industry

Tourist Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-246

  Worthington, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

serious leisure; sex tourism; sub cultures; tourism; tourist railways; voluntarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750219276     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797605070332     Document Type: Article

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