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| Author: | Sin, H.L. |
| Title: | Volunteer tourism - "Involve me and I will learn"? |
| Journal: | Annals of Tourism Research
2009 : JUL, VOL. 36:3, p. 480-501 |
| Index terms: | South Africa Singapore tourism |
| Freeterms: | voluntarism |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Voluntourism or volunteer tourism (hereafter as: v-t.) is increasingly available and popular among everyday tourists. This paper provides a critical and timely review of v-t. using interviews and participant observation with 11 respondents on a v-t. trip to South Africa. Reviewed are volunteer tourists' motivations, performances of the "self" in v-t., and the tensions and paradoxes related with v-t. |
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