Reflections on the Ambiguous Intersections between Volunteering and Tourism

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-93

  Lyons, Kevin D ^a   Wearing, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cultural exchange; service learning; volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURE; LEARNING; RESEARCH; TOURISM; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 84855904434     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2012.633858     Document Type: Article

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