The Geography of Compassion in Volunteer Tourism

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 318-337

  Mostafanezhad, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

compassion; cultural politics; humanitarianism; moral economies; neoliberalism; Thailand; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ETHICS; NEOLIBERALISM; TOURISM;

CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; THAILAND;

EID: 84877849206     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2012.675579     Document Type: Article

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