INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER TOURISM
Integrating Travellers and Communities
INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER TOURISM
Integrating Travellers and Communities
Stephen Leslie Wearing
and
Nancy Gard McGehee
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© S.L. Wearing and N.G. McGehee 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library, London, UK.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
International volunteer tourism : integrating travellers and communities / by Stephen Leslie Wearing and Nancy Gard McGehee, [editors].
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-84593-696-9 (hbk : alk. paper)
1. Volunteer tourism. 2. Tourism--International cooperation. 3. Culture and tourism. 4. Ecotourism. 5. Sustainable tourism. I. Wearing, Stephen.
GV156.5.V64I68 2013
338.4’791--dc23
2013014240
ISBN-13: 978 1 84593 696 9
Commissioning editor: Sarah Hulbert
Editorial assistant: Emma McCann
Production editor: Tracy Head
Typeset by AMA DataSet, Preston, UK.
Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY.
Contents
List of Tables, Boxes and Figures
Beyond Experiences that Make a Difference
Historical Foundations of Alternative Tourism
Volunteer Tourism as the Ultimate Alternative Tourism?
Selves in the Tourism Experience
Ecotourism Operators, Communities and Volunteer Tourism
The Growth in Volunteer Tourism
Volunteer Tourism and Pro-poor Tourism
2 Alternative Tourism Experiences
Situating Volunteer Tourism in the Context of the Alternative Tourism Experience
Commodification and the Tourism Industry
Volunteer Tourism and the Tourism Industry
3 Community Development in Volunteer Tourism Destinations
Developing Volunteer Tourism Projects with Local Communities
Measures to Evaluate Volunteer Tourism in Local Communities
4 The Volunteer Tourism Organization
