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单词 voluntourism
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Definition of voluntourism in English:

voluntourism

noun vɒlənˈtɔːrɪz(ə)mvɒlənˈtʊərɪz(ə)mˌvälənˈto͝orizəm
mass noun
  • A form of tourism in which travellers participate in voluntary work, typically for a charity.

    at the core of voluntourism is the desire to help others
    as modifier voluntourism programmes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Perrin's suggestions include travelling to a destination that uses a language they are learning at school and signing up for a voluntourism project in an area of interest, such as animal care.
    • In working with Oceanic Society over the years I have helped to develop a variety of "voluntourism" research programs.
    • Voluntourism supporters are quick to point out indirect benefits too.
    • Voluntourism trips are shorter, more entertaining versions of the kind of international work long sponsored by the likes of church missions and the Peace Corps.
    • Some of these programs were found on a website called Go Overseas, which is dedicated to listing and rating different voluntourism programs.
    • Most recently, the company has now developed a line of tours, ranging from wildlife viewing to adventure travel to short-term voluntourism, all with the aim of supporting and driving forward conservation research and community development efforts.
    • The international development charity Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) said poorly planned, "voluntourism" schemes that make money out of channelling public sympathy were having a negative impact on young people and the communities they worked with.
    • The voluntourism guidelines state that volunteer programs can be part of for-profit operations so long as the core objective is to meet the needs of the local community.
    • Our Travel for Good program promotes 'voluntourism' or getting people to take trips during which they participate in a volunteer activity - whether abroad or in areas close to home.
    • "Voluntourism had long been billed as a gap-year experience, and I saw that it could be taken beyond youth; it just needed an aggregate platform," says Smith.
    • Particularly when traveling internationally, the biggest expense with voluntourism is getting there.
    • Voluntourism is an experience-based way to enjoy a country and discover its people at a grassroots level.
    • Other tour operators stress that voluntourism really does have lasting impact because, despite rapid turnover among individual volunteers, trip organizers develop long-term relationships with community partners.
    • There are growing concerns about a lack of scrutiny and measurement of voluntourism, as more commercial tour operators enter what was previously the realm of non-profit organisations.
    • Trips to destinations all over the world are adding community restoration projects, but voluntourism in New Orleans isn't limited to building homes with Habitat for Humanity.
    • We will offer voluntourism, fun, and great adventure with like-minded travellers.

Derivatives

  • voluntourist

  • noun
    • As a voluntourist hungry for something different, I've been involved in supporting rural sustainable community development projects in Western Kanchanaburi since 2002.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A voluntourist also pays all expenses for her volunteer vacation, including transport, accommodations, and the agency's fee.
      • Close to three hundred voluntourists have visited Fiji since April last year.
      • In between projects, voluntourists have the chance to visit places such as Monkey Land or go bungee-jumping at the Bloukrans Bridge.
      • Voluntourists are giving up all-inclusive beach resorts in the Caribbean for the opportunity to help others.

Origin

1990s: blend of volunteer and tourism.

Definition of voluntourism in US English:

voluntourism

nounˌvälənˈto͝orizəm
  • A form of tourism in which travelers participate in voluntary work, typically for a charity.

    at the core of voluntourism is the desire to help others
    as modifier voluntourism programs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We will offer voluntourism, fun, and great adventure with like-minded travellers.
    • "Voluntourism had long been billed as a gap-year experience, and I saw that it could be taken beyond youth; it just needed an aggregate platform," says Smith.
    • In working with Oceanic Society over the years I have helped to develop a variety of "voluntourism" research programs.
    • The voluntourism guidelines state that volunteer programs can be part of for-profit operations so long as the core objective is to meet the needs of the local community.
    • The international development charity Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) said poorly planned, "voluntourism" schemes that make money out of channelling public sympathy were having a negative impact on young people and the communities they worked with.
    • Trips to destinations all over the world are adding community restoration projects, but voluntourism in New Orleans isn't limited to building homes with Habitat for Humanity.
    • Other tour operators stress that voluntourism really does have lasting impact because, despite rapid turnover among individual volunteers, trip organizers develop long-term relationships with community partners.
    • Voluntourism trips are shorter, more entertaining versions of the kind of international work long sponsored by the likes of church missions and the Peace Corps.
    • Some of these programs were found on a website called Go Overseas, which is dedicated to listing and rating different voluntourism programs.
    • Voluntourism supporters are quick to point out indirect benefits too.
    • Voluntourism is an experience-based way to enjoy a country and discover its people at a grassroots level.
    • Perrin's suggestions include travelling to a destination that uses a language they are learning at school and signing up for a voluntourism project in an area of interest, such as animal care.
    • Most recently, the company has now developed a line of tours, ranging from wildlife viewing to adventure travel to short-term voluntourism, all with the aim of supporting and driving forward conservation research and community development efforts.
    • Particularly when traveling internationally, the biggest expense with voluntourism is getting there.
    • There are growing concerns about a lack of scrutiny and measurement of voluntourism, as more commercial tour operators enter what was previously the realm of non-profit organisations.
    • Our Travel for Good program promotes 'voluntourism' or getting people to take trips during which they participate in a volunteer activity - whether abroad or in areas close to home.

Origin

1990s: blend of volunteer and tourism.

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