Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes: Volume 7 Issue 2

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Why and how should the international volunteer tourism experience be improved?

Angela M. Benson

– This paper aims to introduce the theme issue question “why and how should the international volunteer tourism experience be improved?”.

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Is certification the answer to creating a more sustainable volunteer tourism sector?

Jasveen K Rattan

The aim of this paper is to provide a background and offer insights of the use of ecolabels and certifications within the tourism industry and their applicability within the…

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Elephants, orphans and HIV/AIDS: Examining the voluntourist experience in Botswana

Kelly Virginia Phelan

This paper aims to explore the experiences of international volunteer tourists, or voluntourists, to Botswana. Wildlife conservation, health education and orphanage voluntourists…

Online portrayals of volunteer tourism in Nepal: Exploring the communicated disparities between promotional and user-generated content

Siân Easton, Nicholas Wise

This study aims to contribute perspective into how user-generated content (UGC) can be found to reinforce, or challenge, the commercial promotion of volunteer tourism in Nepal…

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Marketing and communication of responsibility in volunteer tourism

Victoria Louise Smith, Xavier Font

The purpose of this paper is to test whether volunteer tourism organisations are prepared to learn from feedback on the quality of their responsibility communications, and…

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Wildlife and conservation volunteering: Which is the best wildlife and conservation organization to volunteer with?

Peter Lynch

– The purpose of this paper is to outline the stages involved in developing an audit to determine the best wildlife and conservation organization to volunteer with.

A clash with volunteer tourists? An extreme case study in Guatemala

Ferdi R.M. Klaver

– The purpose of this paper is to examine value change and changed consciousness with reference to three projects operated by a Guatemalan volunteer organization.

Finding the win-win: Providing supportive and enriching volunteer tourism experiences while promoting sustainable social change

Liz Wilson

The purpose of this paper is to consider critical improvements that need to be made to the volunteer tourism industry with regard to risks to both service users and volunteers…

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Why and how should the international volunteer tourism experience be improved?

Angela M. Benson

The purpose of this paper is to summarise the contributions made in this theme issue and draw conclusions about the issue’s key question “Why and how should the international…

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Cover of Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

ISSN:

1755-4217

Online date, start – end:

2009

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Hale Ozgit
  • Ali Ozturen