International volunteer tourism : integrating travellers and communities / / Stephen Leslie Wearing and Nancy Gard McGehee

• Autore: Wearing Stephen
• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; ; Boston : , : CAB International, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.37
• Soggetto topico: Culture and tourism; Ecotourism; Sustainable tourism; Tourism - International cooperation; Volunteer tourism
• Altri autori: McGeheeNancy Gard <1963->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 ca
• Titolo autorizzato: International volunteer tourism
• ISBN: 1-78924-413-7; 1-84593-702-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910627290703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II