Slum Tourism: Developments in a Young Field of Interdisciplinary Tourism Research

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-212

  Frenzel, Fabian ^a   Koens, Ko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

commodification; definitions; ethics; representation; Slum tourism

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; RESEARCH; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84859745899     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2012.633222     Document Type: Article

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