The purpose of this article is to promote debate about the linkages between volunteer tourism and international development, and to argue that volunteer tourism should be assessed as a development activity. Most volunteer tourism activities involve participants from developed countries traveling to volunteer in developing nations, with volunteers largely motivated by the desire to make a positive contribution to their hosts. Volunteer tourism has strong linkages to sustainable tourism, which originated in response to criticisms of mass tourism, including concerns over the negative impacts on hosting communities. In this article I propose a framework to evaluate the potential contributions of volunteer tourism projects to developmental goals. The proposed framework includes four criteria: that volunteers provide skills unavailable locally; that projects form part of a larger development program; that projects prioritize benefit to the host community; and that projects are community driven.
Seit der Erfindung der Maschine, der listigsten aller Waffen gegen die Natur, die überhaupt möglich ist, haben Unternehmer und Erfinder die Zahl der Hände, deren sie bedürfen, im wesentlichen auf deren Herstellung verwendet. Die Arbeit der Maschine wird von der anorganischen Kraft geleistet, der Spannkraft von Dampf oder Gas, der Elektrizität und der Wärme, die aus oder durch Kohle, Erdöl und Wasser befreit werden. Aber damit ist die seelische Spannung zwischen Führern und Geführten gefährlich gewachsen. Man versteht einander nicht mehr. (Spengler 51)
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