Aesthetic pleasures: Contemplating spiritual tourism

Philosophical Issues in Tourism

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 135-153

  Singh, Shalini ^a   Singh, Tej Vir ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR TOURISM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

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