The political economy of orphanage tourism in Cambodia

Tourist Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 132-155

  Guiney, Tess ^a   Mostafanezhad, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Double Movement; Karl Polanyi; orphanage tourism; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938504443     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: 17413206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797614563387     Document Type: Article

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