Global concept, local practice: Taiwanese experience of CouchSurfing

Hospitality and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-297

  Chen, De Jung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CouchSurfing; Hospitality exchange; New tourism; Niche tourism; Reciprocal system; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886585007     PISSN: 20427913     EISSN: 20427921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/hosp.1.3.279_1     Document Type: Article

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