A Middle Eastern Muslim Tourist Enclave in Bangkok

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 570-598

  Cohen, Erik ^a   Neal, Mark ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

medical tourism; Middle Eastern tourism; sex tourism; Thailand; tourist enclave

Indexed keywords

ENCLAVE; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; ISLAMISM; MEDICINE; PROSTITUTION;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; THAILAND;

EID: 84867598845     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2012.647320     Document Type: Article

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