'Make a difference!': The role of sending organizations in volunteer tourism

Journeys of Discovery in Volunteer Tourism : International Case Study Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 48-60

  Raymond, Eliza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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