Who are we responsible to? Locals' tales of volunteer tourism

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 983-992

  Sin, Harng Luh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Geographies of care and responsibility; Responsible tourism; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECOTOURISM; EMPOWERMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 77957316010     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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