Browsing Recreation and Leisure Studies by Subject "volunteer tourism"
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Elephant-based Volunteer Tourism: An exploration of participant experiences and reflections on captive elephant welfare in Thailand
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-18)Due to the diverse forms of interaction between humans and animals, particularly in tourism settings, it is no surprise that there has been growing scholarship evaluating its intersection (Cohen, 2009; Fennell, 2012 a,b,c, ... -
Expectations and Experiences of Volunteer Tourism: A Look from Different Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-10)While the study of volunteer tourism has been growing over the past decade, there is limited literature that takes a global approach, whereby one explores the perspective of a number of stakeholder groups in such experiences. ... -
Organic Volunteering: Exploring Understandings and Meanings of Experience
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Volunteer tourism, a sub-sector of the tourism industry, is growing at an accelerated pace subsequently creating socio-cultural, political, cultural, and environmental impacts. Current tourism literature suggests volunteer ...