Monitoring and evaluating volunteer tourism: A review and analytical framework

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 874-897

  Taplin, Jessica ^a   Dredge, Dianne ^b   Scherrer, Pascal ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

critical management studies (CMS); evaluation; monitoring; volunteer tourism organisations

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOTOURISM; MONITORING; PLANNING METHOD; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 84899963581     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.871022     Document Type: Article

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