Volunteer tourism: On-the-ground observations from Rwanda

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 509-516

  Barbieri, Carla ^a   Santos, Carla Almeida ^b   Katsube, Yasuharu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto ethnography; Rwanda; Volunteer tourism; Voluntourism

Indexed keywords

LIFESTYLE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION;

RWANDA;

EID: 84455199757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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