For-profit environmental voluntourism in Costa Rica: teen volunteer, host community, and environmental outcomes

Schneller, Andrew Jon; Coburn, Sarah

doi:10.1080/09669582.2017.1421200

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“…These are closely aligned to Wearing's () four categories of personal development and Wearing and McGehee's () more recent analysis of volunteer tourism research which suggests upon returning home the consciousness‐raising component of the experience changed behaviours. Indeed, the short term effects found in this study closely mirrors that of many other volunteer tourism studies (Gmelch, ; Jones, ; Manea, Nae, Matei, Vijulie, & Tirla, ; Schneller & Coburn, ; Wearing & Neil, ).…”

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“…Raymond () suggests any international field‐trip within an education context must incorporate evaluation. In addition, Schneller and Coburn () highlight long‐standing, meaningful, outcome oriented community connections as best practice. While this case study does build on long‐standing connections and outcome oriented actions in Cambodia, deliberate reflection processes for the students or the teachers were not explicitly included in the experience.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As an educational experience, some argue that young people need additional support in processing and understanding their international experiences. For example, Schneller and Coburn () believe educators and facilitators need to better understand the developmental ability of teens to comprehend the complexities of developing nation communities.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Holiday in Cambodia: Perceived effects of a New Zealand high school international field trip on students

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Orams

2019

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Using an exploratory case study approach, this research used semi-structured interviews to investigate the motivations, expectations and experiences of high school students in New Zealand who travelled to Cambodia on a school supervised fieldtrip. Findings suggest students are motivated by altruistic behaviour and the desire for unique experiences. Students had very high expectations, predicting the experience to be either life changing or incredibly important. Post-trip interviews revealed that the volunteer work undertaken was perceived as positive and that experiences of poverty were challenging and influential. Finally, personal development and an increased sense of social responsibility were identified as important effects of the trip.

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Orams

2019

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“…Although interest in volunteer tourism has proliferated, one relatively understudied area concerns the impact of volunteer tourism on the individual and there is evidently “much room for additional exploration” (Wearing and McGehee 2013, p. 126). Previous literature has shown that a volunteer tourism trip can have positive effects on the individual, such as post-trip interest in social movements (McGehee and Santos 2005), enhanced leadership skills and cross-cultural understanding (Palacios 2010), increased trust and decreased depression and anxiety (Alexander 2012; Wearing and Grabowski 2011), greater social responsibility (Barbieri, Santos, and Katsube 2012), pro-environmental behavior (Schneller and Coburn 2018), conscious-raising (Spencer 2008), and development of self (Sin 2009).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Volunteer Tourism as a Transformative Experience: A Mixed Methods Empirical Study

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Kostopoulos

Powers

2020

Journal of Travel Research

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In an effort to combine tourism with pro-social giving and personal development, more and more people choose to go abroad on volunteer tourism trips. We explore the potential transformational influence such trips have on travelers, aiming to map the transformation process stages and examine their boundary conditions. In doing so, we follow a mixed methods approach using a qualitative study comprising ethnographically informed in-depth interviews and a quantitative one, by means of a structured questionnaire. Findings indicate that the transformation process volunteer tourists undergo involves three stages related to liminality. We conceptualize the degree of liminality as immersiveness and show how the transformation process is significantly influenced by the degree of authenticity and the immersiveness of volunteer tourists’ experiences, as well as their own perceptions on how societally meaningful their actions were during their trips. Based on our conclusions, we present important implications for academics, managers, and tour operators.

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“…Some benefits of voluntourism for its participants and for society could be the enhancement of civic attitudes and activism (Bailey & Fernando, 2011;McGehee & Santos, 2005), growing concern for social and environmental issues amongst participants (Schneller & Coburn, 2018), and the improvement of international concern and intercultural relations (Lough et al, 2014). Furthermore, Schneller and Coburn (2018) reported that host communities (voluntourism target communities) in Costa Rica felt that the implemented projects were meaningful and had visible benefits, and some studies have observed positive cross-cultural exchanges and financial benefits in host community members (Rattan, 2015).…”

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The Carbon Footprint of Volunteer Tourism

Geneidy

Baumeister

2019

European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation

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Tourism is growing at a fast rate and so is its carbon footprint. Alongside conventional tourism, a new form of tourism, so-called voluntourism, has emerged. The discussion on voluntourism in the existing literature has hereby mainly centred around its positive impacts on the health and education of communities and the local environment in developing countries. Nevertheless, little attention has been drawn to its climate impacts. This study set out to investigate the carbon footprint of voluntourism. The data were collected at a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) in India working with voluntourists. Both the carbon footprint of the stay in India and that from the round trip by air were taken into consideration. The results showed that although the carbon footprint of voluntourists during their stay is comparable with that of locals, the flight significantly contributes to the carbon footprint of voluntourism. Depending on the distance flown and the length of the stay, the average share of the carbon footprint stemming from the flight can be between 83% and 96%. The article concludes that faraway destinations and short stays should be avoided; otherwise voluntourism might cause more harm than good. On the basis of the findings, this article provides recommendations for policymakers and further research.

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For-profit environmental voluntourism in Costa Rica: teen volunteer, host community, and environmental outcomes

Cited by 20 publications

References 36 publications

Holiday in Cambodia: Perceived effects of a New Zealand high school international field trip on students

Holiday in Cambodia: Perceived effects of a New Zealand high school international field trip on students

Volunteer Tourism as a Transformative Experience: A Mixed Methods Empirical Study

The Carbon Footprint of Volunteer Tourism

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