Development and globalization of a new trend in tourism

Slum Tourism: Poverty, Power and Ethics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-18

  Steinbrink, Malte ^a   Frenzel, Fabian ^b   Koens, Ko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84872547365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203136751     Document Type: Chapter

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