Realities of doing responsibilities: Performances and practices in tourism

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-157

  Sin, Harng Luh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Ethical consumption; Geography of responsibility; Responsible tourism; Thailand; Tourism geography

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ETHICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TOURISM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

THAILAND;

EID: 84904403659     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geob.12042     Document Type: Article

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