Towards an understanding of the drivers of commercialization in the volunteer tourism sector

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-131

  Coghlan, Alexandra ^a   Noakes, Steve ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative tourism; Commercialization; Social entrepreneurship; Sustainable tourism; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979740927     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2012.11081697     Document Type: Article

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