International Volunteer Tourism. Stephen Wearing

       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

       About the Authors

       Preface

       List of Tables, Boxes and Figures

       1 Introduction

       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

       Book Outline

       2 Alternative Tourism Experiences

       Introduction

       Alternative Tourism

       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

       Introduction

       Valuing Local Cultures

       Developing Volunteer Tourism Projects with Local Communities

       Measures to Evaluate Volunteer Tourism in Local Communities

       4 The Volunteer Tourism Organization

       Introduction

       Conservation Volunteers Australia

       Mobility International USA

       Youth Challenge International

       5 Volunteer Tourists: Why Do They Do It?

       Simone Grabowski

       Introduction

       Motivation Theory