As the tourism industry emerges from pandemic shutdowns and border closures, so too is
“voluntourism”, the controversial combination of overseas volunteer work and more …

Hotels create opportunities for tourists to'do good'whilst on holiday, for example through
participation in hotel-led programmes involving environmental clean-ups or donations to …

This study delves into post-trip transformations among Chinese volunteer tourists,
challenging the conventional Western-centric lens. Traditionally, research has focused on …

Dis/articulation offers critical insight into exclusionary practices embedded in global
commodity chains. In Fiji, powerful actors engage in dis/articulation strategies to limit access …

Purpose Only a small number of studies have analysed the sustainability of the socio-
cultural impacts of volunteer tourism (VT). Existing research tends to focus on volunteers, the …

In recent years, English-language voluntourism (EVT) has grown in popularity, with many
conceptualizing it as a form of cultural exchange between English speaking volunteers and …

This chapter explores how interactions between local child vendors and volunteer tourists
facilitate bidirectional language exchange in Cusco, Peru. Tourists enroll in Spanish schools …

Empowering the host Page 1 SAMINT-HDU 22 009 Master’s Thesis 15 credits June 2022
Empowering the host A qualitative case study of Workaway and WWOOF hosts’ experiences …

Public Interest Technologies allow practices and learning opportunities for the sustainable
improvement of living conditions. Our analysis of participatory pedagogical experiences …

According to the famous saying, nothing in the world is certain except death and taxes.
Usually attributed to Benjamin Franklin in a letter of 1789 (NCC, 2020), this aphorism points …