Journeys of discovery in volunteer tourism : international case study perspectives /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Volunteer tourism > Case studies.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Tourism and Travel.; Alternative tourism.; Case studies.; Host guest relations.; Motivation.; Psychosocial aspects.; Sociology of tourism.; Tourism.; Tourism theory.; Volunteers.; Electronic books.
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This book explores the experiences of the volunteer tourist and the ensuing narratives between host and volunteer as it manifests in diverse and increasingly contested political international contexts. As such, this volume includes case studies conducted in 12 countries across six continents. The bo...

Table of Contents:

• Volunteer Tourism as Alternative Tourism : Journeys Beyond Otherness / K.D. Lyons and S. Wearing
• 'Pettin' the Critters' : Exploring the Complex Relationship Between Volunteers and the Voluntoured in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA, and Tijuana, Mexico / N.G. McGehee and K. Andereck
• Volunteering Tourism Knowledge : a Case from the United Nations World Tourism Organization / L. Ruhanen, C. Cooper and E. Fayos-Solá
• Lessons from Cuba : a Volunteer Army of Ambassadors / R. Spencer
• 'Make a Difference!' : the Role of Sending Organizations in Volunteer Tourism / E. Raymond
• The Volunteer's Journey through Leisure to the Self / S. Wearing, A. Deville and K. Lyons
• Gibbons in Their Midst? Conservation Volunteers' Motivations at the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, Phuket, Thailand / S. Broad and J. Jenkins
• Discovering Self and Discovering Others Through the Taita Discovery Centre Volunteer Tourism Program, Kenya / A. Lepp
• Negotiated Selves : Exploring the Impact of Local-Global Interactions on Young Volunteer Travellers / A. Matthews
• Opening the Gap : The Motivation of Gap Year Travellers to Volunteer in Latin America / N. Söderman and S.L. Snead
• The Dynamics Behind Volunteer Tourism / P.L. Pearce and A. Coghlan
• All for a Good Cause? The Blurred Boundaries of Volunteering and Tourism / K. Lyons and S. Wearing
• Volunteers as Hosts and Guests in Museums / K. Holmes and D. Edwards
• Journeys for Experience : The Experiences of Volunteer Tourists in an Indigenous Community in a Developed Nation, A Case Study of New Zealand / A.J. McIntosh and A. Zahra
• Absences in the Volunteer Tourism Phenomenon : The Right to Travel, Solidarity Tours, and the Transformation Beyond the One-Way / F. Higgins-Desboilles and G. Russell-Mundine
• Mediation of Volunteer Tourism Alternatives : Guidebook Representations of Travel Experiences in Aboriginal Australia / T. Young.