Social Responsibility and Innovation on Trafficking and Child Sex Tourism: Morphing of Practice into Sustainable Tourism Policies?

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 98-115

  Tepelus, Camelia M ^a  

^a IIIEE   (United States)

Author keywords

child sex tourism; innovation; social responsibility; trafficking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997966566     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2008.10     Document Type: Article

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