Consumerism, tourism and voluntary simplicity: We all have to consume, but do we really have to travel so much to be happy?

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-303

  Hall, Colin Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84979742814     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2011.11081675     Document Type: Article

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