Breaking down the system: How volunteer tourism contributes to new ways of viewing commodified tourism

The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 254-268

  Wearing, Stephen ^a   Ponting, Jess ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9780857021076.n15     Document Type: Chapter

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