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Volume 14, 2012 - Issue 2: Global Perspectives on Slum Tourism
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Slum Tourism: Developments in a Young Field of Interdisciplinary Tourism Research

Fabian Frenzel School of Management, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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Ko Koens International Centre for Research in Events, Tourism and Hospitality, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK
Pages 195-212 | Published online: 20 Feb 2012

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