Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development is a research topic within Demography. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1952. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the complex intersection of volunteer tourism, global development, and social justice. It delves into the motivations, impacts, and ethical challenges associated with volunteer tourism, emphasizing the importance of fostering cross-cultural understanding, promoting sustainable practices, and critically examining the neoliberal dynamics at play. The papers also highlight the potential for volunteer tourism to contribute to global citizenship and community engagement while addressing issues of systemic inequality and post-colonial power dynamics.
- Volunteer Tourism
- Development
- Global Citizenship
- Social Justice
- Community Engagement
- Cross-Cultural Understanding
- Sustainability
- Ethical Challenges
- Motivations
- Neoliberalism
- Research works
- 13k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 1.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +25% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now