Pilgrimage and Prostitution: Contrasting Modes of Border Tourism in Lower South Thailand

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-104

  Askew, Marc ^a   Cohen, Erik ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

border; pilgrimage; prostitution; sex; Singapore; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945401838     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2004.11081447     Document Type: Article

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