Rethinking slum tourism: Tourism in South Africa's rural slumlands

Bulletin of Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 19-34

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

rural tourism; Slum tourism; South Africa; townships; VFR travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919653556     PISSN: 17324254     EISSN: 17324254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/bog-2014-0042     Document Type: Article

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