Poverty tourism and the problem of consent

Journal of Global Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-348

  Whyte, Kyle Powys ^a   Selinger, Evan ^b   Outterson, Kevin ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative tourism; exploitation; fair trade; reality tourism; tourism ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857822550     PISSN: 17449626     EISSN: 17449634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449626.2011.635689     Document Type: Article

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