Volunteer tourism: Motivations of German participants in South Africa

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 295-314

  Benson, Angela ^a   Seibert, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gender differences; Push and pull motives; Volunteer tourism; Youth travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866714518     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2009.9686826     Document Type: Article

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