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Volunteer Tourism: Theoretical Frameworks and Practical Applications

Volunteer Tourism: Theoretical Frameworks and Practical Applications

Hardcover

Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

Travel GeneralGeneral SociologyGeography

ISBN10: 0415576644
ISBN13: 9780415576642
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 14 2010
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Volunteer Tourism is one of the major growth areas in contemporary tourism, where tourists for various reasons seek alternative goodwill experiences and activities. There has been a surge in volunteer programmes offered in range of destinations organised by variety of charities & tour operators. This book aims to take an in-depth analysis of the complex issues associated with traditional and contemporary volunteer tourism, from volunteer tourism and sustainability to the examination of volunteer tourism stakeholders: volunteers themselves, the host to guest exchange amd the organisations. This timely addition to the small but growing academic literature on this topic will be of interest to tourism students and academics internationally.

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