Of voyeuristic safari tours and responsible tourism with educational value: Observing moral communication in slum and township tourism in Cape Town and Mumbai

Erde

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-174

  Burgold, Julia ^a   Rolfes, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morality; Place; Slum tourism; Township tourism

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORALITY; POVERTY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL; CAPE TOWN; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84898748309     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12854/erde-144-12     Document Type: Article

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