Book description
The tourism business is one of the largest industries in the world, and the two-billion-dollar volunteer and service-based travel market has been identified as the future of tourism. "Voluntourism," or the combination of volunteer service and tourism, is valorized by governments, NGO's, travelers, and the thousands of non- and for-profitsā¦
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This excellently researched and hot-off-the-press book delves into the roots of the phenomenon that we call āvoluntourismā today, examining how colonialism, paternalistic attitudes, and even racism underlie the assumption that the rest of the world needs āhelpā from the west. Going right back to the eighteenth century, and pulling together the disparate threads of tourism, aid work, and missionary activity, this book seeks to unpack the dark past of the industry and explores why good intentions can end up doing harm. The book also proposes a path for the future of equitable travel that puts at its heart the overseasā¦
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