A decommodified experience? Exploring aesthetic, economic and ethical values for volunteer ecotourism in Costa Rica
Gray, N.J.; Campbell, L.M.
Journal of Sustainable Tourism 15(5): 463-482
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0966-9582
DOI: 10.2167/jost725.0
Accession: 014853148
Volunteer ecotourism has been described as an 'ideal' form of decommodified ecotourism that overcomes problems associated with tourism in general, and ecotourism specifically. Using a case study of volunteer ecotourism and sea turtle conservation in Costa Rica, this paper interrogates this ideal.
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