Volunteer tourism: At the crossroads of commercialisation and service?

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 405-423

  Tomazos, Kostas ^a   Cooper, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desk analysis; Enlightened self interest; Reciprocal altruism; Supply; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COMMERCIALIZATION; ETHICS; IDEOLOGY; MARKET SYSTEM; PROFITABILITY; PUBLIC GOODS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84862685525     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2011.605112     Document Type: Article

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