A form of tourism in which travellers participate in voluntary work, typically for a charity.
‘at the core of voluntourism is the desire to help others’
‘voluntourism programmes’
‘Voluntourism supporters are quick to point out indirect benefits too.’
‘Trips to destinations all over the world are adding community restoration projects, but voluntourism in New Orleans isn't limited to building homes with Habitat for Humanity.’
‘Our Travel for Good program promotes 'voluntourism' or getting people to take trips during which they participate in a volunteer activity - whether abroad or in areas close to home.’
‘Other tour operators stress that voluntourism really does have lasting impact because, despite rapid turnover among individual volunteers, trip organizers develop long-term relationships with community partners.’
‘Voluntourism trips are shorter, more entertaining versions of the kind of international work long sponsored by the likes of church missions and the Peace Corps.’
‘The international development charity Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) said poorly planned, "voluntourism" schemes that make money out of channelling public sympathy were having a negative impact on young people and the communities they worked with.’
‘The voluntourism guidelines state that volunteer programs can be part of for-profit operations so long as the core objective is to meet the needs of the local community.’
‘There are growing concerns about a lack of scrutiny and measurement of voluntourism, as more commercial tour operators enter what was previously the realm of non-profit organisations.’
‘Most recently, the company has now developed a line of tours, ranging from wildlife viewing to adventure travel to short-term voluntourism, all with the aim of supporting and driving forward conservation research and community development efforts.’
‘In working with Oceanic Society over the years I have helped to develop a variety of "voluntourism" research programs.’
‘Perrin's suggestions include travelling to a destination that uses a language they are learning at school and signing up for a voluntourism project in an area of interest, such as animal care.’
‘Some of these programs were found on a website called Go Overseas, which is dedicated to listing and rating different voluntourism programs.’
‘"Voluntourism had long been billed as a gap-year experience, and I saw that it could be taken beyond youth; it just needed an aggregate platform," says Smith.’
‘We will offer voluntourism, fun, and great adventure with like-minded travellers.’
‘Particularly when traveling internationally, the biggest expense with voluntourism is getting there.’
‘Voluntourism is an experience-based way to enjoy a country and discover its people at a grassroots level.’