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PROGRESS IN VOLUNTEER TOURISM RESEARCH : FROM NICHE TOURISM CURIOSITY TO EXPERIENCE-BASED IMPROVEMENTS

Lis, Weronika ; Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta and Dymitrow, Mirek LU (2023) In Geographia Polonica 96(3). p.321-338
Abstract

This paper reviews the latest research directions and conceptual developments on the phenomenon of volunteer tourism. The last review was published in 2017, so it is time to summarize and re-evaluate how voluntourism has evolved. The paper projects future developments within voluntourism by showcasing some critical changes in the participants’ attitudes. This is likely to influence how, where and by whom volunteering initiatives will be implemented. The contributions of this paper are assembling an overview of efforts to formulate a definition of voluntourism and providing clues as to what socio-cultural and market forces will drive its evolution in the future.

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adventure tourism, experience tourism, involvement tourism, local communities, review, Volunteer tourism
in
Geographia Polonica
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96
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3
pages
18 pages
publisher
Polska Akademia Nauk
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  • scopus:85176951407
ISSN
0016-7282
DOI
10.7163/GPol.0258
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English
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  author       = {{Lis, Weronika and Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta and Dymitrow, Mirek}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Polska Akademia Nauk}},
  series       = {{Geographia Polonica}},
  title        = {{PROGRESS IN VOLUNTEER TOURISM RESEARCH : FROM NICHE TOURISM CURIOSITY TO EXPERIENCE-BASED IMPROVEMENTS}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.7163/GPol.0258}},
  doi          = {{10.7163/GPol.0258}},
  volume       = {{96}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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