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Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Travel is now more open to a greater number of people than ever, and travelers are often looking for new adventures and experiences. Yet with crises developing constantly around the planet, many travelers want to explore the world and do good at the same time. This book shows them how."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"This work explores the increasingly popular phenomenon of volunteer tourism in the Global South, paying particular attention to the governmental rationalities and socio-economic conditions that valorize it as a noble and necessary cultural practice"--
Series
Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes volume Volume 7 Number 2
Publisher
Emerald
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"For readers of Three Cups of Tea; Eat, Pray, Love; and Wild comes the inspiring story of an ordinary American family that embarks on an extraordinary journey. Wide-Open World follows the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching English in rural Thailand, and caring for orphans in India. There's a name for this kind of endeavor--voluntourism--and it might just be the future...