Opening the gap: The motivation of gap year travellers to volunteer in Latin America

Journeys of Discovery in Volunteer Tourism : International Case Study Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 118-129

  Söderman, Nadia ^a   Snead, Suzanne L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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