Volunteer tourism - Altruism or mere tourism?

Anatolia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-115

  Mustonen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Altruism; Egoism; Tourism consumption; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ETHICS; INDIVIDUALISM; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547666961     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2007.9687038     Document Type: Review

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