05113nam 22006731 450 991062729070332120230803021909.01-78924-413-71-84593-702-3(CKB)2550000001128132(EBL)1388964(OCoLC)858762964(SSID)ssj0001000267(PQKBManifestationID)11545651(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000267(PQKBWorkID)10952078(PQKB)11460704(MiAaPQ)EBC1388964(EXLCZ)99255000000112813220130922h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInternational volunteer tourism integrating travellers and communities /Stephen Leslie Wearing and Nancy Gard McGeheeWallingford, Oxfordshire ;Boston :CAB International,[2013]©20131 online resource (184 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84593-696-5 1-299-97515-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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?""""Introduction""; ""Motivation Theory""; ""Theorizing Volunteer Tourist Motivation""; ""Conclusion""; ""6 Volunteer Tourism Projects: A Proposed Mechanism to Improve Working with Local Communities""; ""Introduction""; ""Processes""; ""Case Study 1: Taita Discovery Centre in Kenya""; ""Case Study 2: Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, Phuket, Thailand""; ""Case Study 3: Lessons From Cuba: a Volunteer Army of Ambassadors""; ""Conclusion""; ""7 Volunteer Tourism: An Existential Perspective""; ""Introduction""; ""Authenticity in Tourism Studies""""Existential Authenticity""""Authenticity, Voluntarist Ethics and Tourism""; ""Conclusion""; ""8 Communities as More than â€?Otherâ€? in Cross-cultural Volunteer Tourism""; ""Introduction""; ""The Changing Nature of Tourist Privilege over Host in Volunteer Tourism""; ""The Other""; ""The Othering of Local Communities through Tourism""; ""Cross-cultural Exchange""; ""Conclusion""; ""9 Looking at the Future of Volunteer Tourism: Commodification, Altruism and Accreditation""; ""Commodification""; ""Altruism (is not a Dirty Word)""""The Role of Accreditation in the Future of Volunteer Tourism""""A Final Word: Expanding the Research Agenda for Volunteer Tourism""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""Volunteer tourism has increased in popularity and prevalence and is no longer considered only a small section of alternative tourism. It is now part of the mainstream tourism industry and tourism experience for many people. Concentrating on the experience of the volunteer tourist and the host community, this new edition builds on the view of volunteer tourism as a positive and sustainable form of tourism to examine a broader spectrum of behaviors and experiences and consider critically where the volunteer tourist experience both compliments and collides with host communities, using multiple caCulture and tourismEcotourismSustainable tourismTourismInternational cooperationVolunteer tourismCulture and tourism.Ecotourism.Sustainable tourism.TourismInternational cooperation.Volunteer tourism.361.37Wearing Stephen855192McGehee Nancy Gard1963-1266407MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910627290703321International volunteer tourism2973074UNINA