Developing the dimensions of tourism volunteering
Volunteers within tourism settings are of growing interest. Research to date has been fragmented either focusing on individuals volunteering in their community (i.e., hosts) or tourists volunteering at a destination (i.e., guests). In this paper, the tourism and leisure literature on volunteering is...
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| author | Holmes, Kirsten Smith, K. Lockstone, L. Baum, T. |
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| description | Volunteers within tourism settings are of growing interest. Research to date has been fragmented either focusing on individuals volunteering in their community (i.e., hosts) or tourists volunteering at a destination (i.e., guests). In this paper, the tourism and leisure literature on volunteering is synthesized and the host and guest streams of volunteering critiqued according to four defining dimensions: setting, time commitment, level of obligation, and remuneration. These dimensions are refined using interview data to propose a model of tourism volunteering where host and guest volunteering are related rather than distinct. A simple host-guest dichotomy misses the shared and distinct complexities of tourism volunteering. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-110922018-03-29T09:05:57Z Developing the dimensions of tourism volunteering Holmes, Kirsten Smith, K. Lockstone, L. Baum, T. Volunteers within tourism settings are of growing interest. Research to date has been fragmented either focusing on individuals volunteering in their community (i.e., hosts) or tourists volunteering at a destination (i.e., guests). In this paper, the tourism and leisure literature on volunteering is synthesized and the host and guest streams of volunteering critiqued according to four defining dimensions: setting, time commitment, level of obligation, and remuneration. These dimensions are refined using interview data to propose a model of tourism volunteering where host and guest volunteering are related rather than distinct. A simple host-guest dichotomy misses the shared and distinct complexities of tourism volunteering. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11092 10.1080/01490401003712689 Routledge restricted |
| spellingShingle | Holmes, Kirsten Smith, K. Lockstone, L. Baum, T. Developing the dimensions of tourism volunteering |
| title | Developing the dimensions of tourism volunteering |
| title_full | Developing the dimensions of tourism volunteering |
| title_fullStr | Developing the dimensions of tourism volunteering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing the dimensions of tourism volunteering |
| title_short | Developing the dimensions of tourism volunteering |
| title_sort | developing the dimensions of tourism volunteering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11092 |