Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective

On the edges of tourism, volunteering, and travel, we find voluntourism with tourists, mainly from high-income countries, looking for an alternative form of travel that promises sustainable development of destinations. The aim of the paper is to explore voluntourism through motivations and impacts,...

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Autores principales:	José Abreu, Marisa R. Ferreira, Beatriz Casais
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	voluntourism international volunteers non-profit organizations motivations impacts Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:21a26146558a4dc3bb1645c0d46675b22021-11-11T19:41:37ZEmpowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective10.3390/su1321120322071-1050https://doaj.org/article/21a26146558a4dc3bb1645c0d46675b22021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12032https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050On the edges of tourism, volunteering, and travel, we find voluntourism with tourists, mainly from high-income countries, looking for an alternative form of travel that promises sustainable development of destinations. The aim of the paper is to explore voluntourism through motivations and impacts, as well as aggregate different volunteers in categories, in order to better understand this phenomenon. The results of a questionnaire answered by 65 international volunteers show seven motivations and a lack of attention on the local projects. More than half of the volunteers are considered to have short participations in projects, considering the destination as a very important aspect, have minimal skills, and have a passive participation, as a minimal direct contribution. Generically, our research may help to highlight and boost the voluntourism experience, creating positive and transformative changes.José AbreuMarisa R. FerreiraBeatriz CasaisMDPI AGarticlevoluntourisminternational volunteersnon-profit organizationsmotivationsimpactsEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12032, p 12032 (2021)
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description	On the edges of tourism, volunteering, and travel, we find voluntourism with tourists, mainly from high-income countries, looking for an alternative form of travel that promises sustainable development of destinations. The aim of the paper is to explore voluntourism through motivations and impacts, as well as aggregate different volunteers in categories, in order to better understand this phenomenon. The results of a questionnaire answered by 65 international volunteers show seven motivations and a lack of attention on the local projects. More than half of the volunteers are considered to have short participations in projects, considering the destination as a very important aspect, have minimal skills, and have a passive participation, as a minimal direct contribution. Generically, our research may help to highlight and boost the voluntourism experience, creating positive and transformative changes.
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title	Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective
title_short	Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective
title_full	Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective
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Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective

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