They really love me!. Intimacy in volunteer tourism

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1454-1473

  Conran, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural politics; Intimacy; Neoliberalism; Northern Thailand; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; FIELDWORK; NEOLIBERALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

THAILAND;

EID: 80054679820     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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