Volunteer tourism : effective development strategy or feel-good travel?

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dc.contributor.advisor Veltmeyer, Henry
dc.creator West, Camaro C.
dc.date.accessioned 2012-01-25T19:21:53Z
dc.date.available 2012-01-25T19:21:53Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.other G156.5 V64 W477 2011
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/23770
dc.description [v], 143 leaves ; 29 cm. en_CA
dc.description Includes abstract.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-143).
dc.description.abstract As a branch of alternative tourism, volunteer tourism or 'voluntourism' is responsible for introducing vacationers to parts of developing countries not usually seen through traditional forms of tourism. These travelers interact with local and community development organizations in ways said to capacitate the organizations and contribute to development as a whole. This raises important questions about the implications of inserting unskilled and unprepared volunteers into what is said to be development work. Using a case study of American voluntourist groups working in Guatemala, this thesis examines claims that short-term, unskilled volunteers can engage in local development work. The findings suggest that voluntourism does not contribute to local development largely due to its failure to empower local people to improve their situations beyond the short-term efforts of voluntourists. Further alienating voluntourism from local development is that the needs of the voluntourists are most often met at the expense of those of the poor. en_CA
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dc.language.iso en en_CA
dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University en_CA
dc.subject.lcc G156.5.V64
dc.subject.lcsh Volunteer tourism
dc.title Volunteer tourism : effective development strategy or feel-good travel? en_CA
dc.type Text en_CA
thesis.degree.name Master of Arts in International Development Studies
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline International Development Studies Program
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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