Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2021 |
Outros Autores: | , |
Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
Idioma: | eng |
Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/21455 |
Resumo: | On the edges of tourism, volunteering, and travel, we find voluntourism with tourists, mainly from high-income countries, looking for an alternative form of travel that promises sustainable development of destinations. The aim of the paper is to explore voluntourism through motivations and impacts, as well as aggregate different volunteers in categories, in order to better understand this phenomenon. The results of a questionnaire answered by 65 international volunteers show seven motivations and a lack of attention on the local projects. More than half of the volunteers are considered to have short participations in projects, considering the destination as a very important aspect, have minimal skills, and have a passive participation, as a minimal direct contribution. Generically, our research may help to highlight and boost the voluntourism experience, creating positive and transformative changes. |
id |
RCAP_0e5c650d9f962a69043175c8544e7d47 |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/21455 |
network_acronym_str |
RCAP |
network_name_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository_id_str |
7160 |
spelling |
Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspectivevoluntourisminternational volunteersnon-profit organizationsmotivationsimpactsOn the edges of tourism, volunteering, and travel, we find voluntourism with tourists, mainly from high-income countries, looking for an alternative form of travel that promises sustainable development of destinations. The aim of the paper is to explore voluntourism through motivations and impacts, as well as aggregate different volunteers in categories, in order to better understand this phenomenon. The results of a questionnaire answered by 65 international volunteers show seven motivations and a lack of attention on the local projects. More than half of the volunteers are considered to have short participations in projects, considering the destination as a very important aspect, have minimal skills, and have a passive participation, as a minimal direct contribution. Generically, our research may help to highlight and boost the voluntourism experience, creating positive and transformative changes.Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do PortoAbreu, JoséFerreira, Marisa R.Casais, Beatriz2023-01-12T10:50:33Z2021-10-312021-10-31T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/21455eng10.3390/su132112032info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-13T13:17:17Zoai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/21455Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:41:30.508923Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective |
title |
Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective |
spellingShingle |
Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective Abreu, José voluntourism international volunteers non-profit organizations motivations impacts |
title_short |
Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective |
title_full |
Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective |
title_fullStr |
Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective |
title_full_unstemmed |
Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective |
title_sort |
Empowering the Community or Escape Daily Routine—A Voluntourism Perspective |
author |
Abreu, José |
author_facet |
Abreu, José Ferreira, Marisa R. Casais, Beatriz |
author_role |
author |
author2 |
Ferreira, Marisa R. Casais, Beatriz |
author2_role |
author author |
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv |
Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto |
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Abreu, José Ferreira, Marisa R. Casais, Beatriz |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
voluntourism international volunteers non-profit organizations motivations impacts |
topic |
voluntourism international volunteers non-profit organizations motivations impacts |
description |
On the edges of tourism, volunteering, and travel, we find voluntourism with tourists, mainly from high-income countries, looking for an alternative form of travel that promises sustainable development of destinations. The aim of the paper is to explore voluntourism through motivations and impacts, as well as aggregate different volunteers in categories, in order to better understand this phenomenon. The results of a questionnaire answered by 65 international volunteers show seven motivations and a lack of attention on the local projects. More than half of the volunteers are considered to have short participations in projects, considering the destination as a very important aspect, have minimal skills, and have a passive participation, as a minimal direct contribution. Generically, our research may help to highlight and boost the voluntourism experience, creating positive and transformative changes. |
publishDate |
2021 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2021-10-31 2021-10-31T00:00:00Z 2023-01-12T10:50:33Z |
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
format |
article |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/21455 |
url |
http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/21455 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
eng |
language |
eng |
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv |
10.3390/su132112032 |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
application/pdf |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação instacron:RCAAP |
instname_str |
Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
instacron_str |
RCAAP |
institution |
RCAAP |
reponame_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
collection |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
|
_version_ |
1799131502935539712 |