Definitions
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- noun A type of
tourism which combines traditional travel and tourism withvolunteer work. Travelers are given opportunities to contribute money and/or time to causes related to their destinations.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Luxury Travel Trends: Six Senses Maldives Gives Free Nights for Voluntourism Miami, volunteer tourism - or "voluntourism" - is on the rise, a growing trend among travelers looking to volunteer some time during their vacations.
The Informed Traveler Mary Winston Nicklin 2010
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The so-called voluntourism industry, which sends travelers around the globe for a mix of volunteer work and sightseeing, is generating almost as much praise and criticism as the goodwill ambassador herself.
Huffington Post Tastemaker: 'Voluntourism' Gets You In Touch With Your Inner Angelina 2008
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Fiona Foster reports from Kenya about the rise in so-called voluntourism and how to decide if it is the right break for you.
BBC News - Home 2010
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Welcome to "voluntourism": a booming industry that is particularly aimed at gap-year students.
Paying the price for a gap year of adventure Jonjo Neeves 2010
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Ms. Schulz says that so-called "voluntourism" has become popular with corporations and other organizations.
Hotels Get Facelifts 2010
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Check out the "voluntourism" page on the Official Tourism site of New Orleans
Gadling 2010
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Check out the "voluntourism" page on the Official Tourism site of New Orleans
Gadling 2010
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Check out the "voluntourism" page on the Official Tourism site of New Orleans
Gadling 2010
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Under the Travel for Good initiative, first launched in August 2006, Travelocity began a program called Change Ambassadors to help bring the idea of 'voluntourism' to a broader, mainstream audience.
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Ella Klinger, an independent Coast filmmaker, will feature "voluntourism" after Katrina and Nancy Cuty-Garcia, who works at Stennis Space Center, will talk about the presence of NASA on the Coast.
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Travel undertaken solely or in part to engage in humanitarian or other volunteer activities. (From Travel Industry Dictionary)
June 10, 2008