0 a type of holiday in which you work as a volunteer (= without being paid) to help people in the places you visit:
He commented that voluntourism is sometimes about the fulfilment of the volunteers themselves, not necessarily what they bring to the communities they visit.
Voluntourism is for people who are going on vacation who do not have the time to be involved with traditional aid programs.
Benefits of voluntourism to the host communities depend on the skills of the volunteer.
It is important to remember voluntourism and aid work are two distinct markets, appealing to two completely different groups.
It's called volunteer tourism, or "voluntourism," and it's one of the fastest growing trends in travel today.
But some people who work in the industry are skeptical of voluntourism's rising popularity.
This is a huge benefit of the booming voluntourism industry, one that is so often overlooked.
Voluntourism can and does make a huge difference.
Here, he argues why the growing voluntourism industry is so good for the world.
