Journeys of discovery in volunteer tourism : international case study perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Lyons, Kevin D. (Editor), Wearing, Stephen (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
Subjects:	Volunteer tourism > Case studies. Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000) Tourism and Travel. Alternative tourism. Case studies. Host guest relations. Motivation. Psychosocial aspects. Sociology of tourism. Tourism theory. Tourism. Volunteers. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Volunteer Tourism as Alternative Tourism : Journeys Beyond Otherness / K.D. Lyons and S. Wearing
'Pettin' the Critters' : Exploring the Complex Relationship Between Volunteers and the Voluntoured in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA, and Tijuana, Mexico / N.G. McGehee and K. Andereck
Volunteering Tourism Knowledge : a Case from the United Nations World Tourism Organization / L. Ruhanen, C. Cooper and E. Fayos-Solá
Lessons from Cuba : a Volunteer Army of Ambassadors / R. Spencer
'Make a Difference!' : the Role of Sending Organizations in Volunteer Tourism / E. Raymond
The Volunteer's Journey through Leisure to the Self / S. Wearing, A. Deville and K. Lyons
Gibbons in Their Midst? Conservation Volunteers' Motivations at the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, Phuket, Thailand / S. Broad and J. Jenkins
Discovering Self and Discovering Others Through the Taita Discovery Centre Volunteer Tourism Program, Kenya / A. Lepp
Negotiated Selves : Exploring the Impact of Local-Global Interactions on Young Volunteer Travellers / A. Matthews
Opening the Gap : The Motivation of Gap Year Travellers to Volunteer in Latin America / N. Söderman and S.L. Snead
The Dynamics Behind Volunteer Tourism / P.L. Pearce and A. Coghlan
All for a Good Cause? The Blurred Boundaries of Volunteering and Tourism / K. Lyons and S. Wearing
Volunteers as Hosts and Guests in Museums / K. Holmes and D. Edwards
Journeys for Experience : The Experiences of Volunteer Tourists in an Indigenous Community in a Developed Nation, A Case Study of New Zealand / A.J. McIntosh and A. Zahra
Absences in the Volunteer Tourism Phenomenon : The Right to Travel, Solidarity Tours, and the Transformation Beyond the One-Way / F. Higgins-Desboilles and G. Russell-Mundine
Mediation of Volunteer Tourism Alternatives : Guidebook Representations of Travel Experiences in Aboriginal Australia / T. Young.