Volunteer tourism: Postmodern pilgrimage?

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 160-177

  Mustonen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

India; Liminality; Pilgrimage; Postmodern; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011198444     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766820608668493     Document Type: Article

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