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About the Authors

Preface

List of Tables, Boxes and Figures

1 Introduction

Beyond Experiences that Make a Difference

Historical Foundations of Alternative Tourism

Volunteer Tourism as the Ultimate Alternative Tourism?

Selves in the Tourism Experience

Ecotourism Operators, Communities and Volunteer Tourism

The Growth in Volunteer Tourism

Volunteer Tourism and Pro-poor Tourism

Book Outline

2 Alternative Tourism Experiences

Introduction

Alternative Tourism

Situating Volunteer Tourism in the Context of the Alternative Tourism Experience

Commodification and the Tourism Industry

Volunteer Tourism and the Tourism Industry

3 Community Development in Volunteer Tourism Destinations

Introduction

Valuing Local Cultures

Developing Volunteer Tourism Projects with Local Communities

Measures to Evaluate Volunteer Tourism in Local Communities

4 The Volunteer Tourism Organization

Introduction

Conservation Volunteers Australia

Mobility International USA

Youth Challenge International

5 Volunteer Tourists: Why Do They Do It?

Simone Grabowski

Introduction

Motivation Theory

Theorizing Volunteer Tourist Motivation

Conclusion

6 Volunteer Tourism Projects: A Proposed Mechanism to Improve Working with Local Communities

Introduction

Processes

Case Study 1: Taita Discovery Centre in Kenya

Andrew Lepp

Case Study 2: Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, Phuket, Thailand

Sue Broad and John Jenkins

Case Study 3: Lessons From Cuba: a Volunteer Army of Ambassadors

Rochelle Spencer

Conclusion

7 Volunteer Tourism: An Existential Perspective

Matthew McDonald and John Wilson

Introduction

Authenticity in Tourism Studies

Existential Authenticity

Authenticity, Voluntarist Ethics and Tourism

Conclusion

8 Communities as More than ‘Other’ in Cross-cultural Volunteer Tourism

Introduction

The Changing Nature of Tourist Privilege over Host in Volunteer Tourism

The Other

The Othering of Local Communities through Tourism

Cross-cultural Exchange

Conclusion

9 Looking at the Future of Volunteer Tourism: Commodification, Altruism and Accreditation

Commodification

Altruism (is not a Dirty Word)

The Role of Accreditation in the Future of Volunteer Tourism

A Final Word: Expanding the Research Agenda for Volunteer Tourism

References

Index