Volunteer Tourism in Namibia

Müller Dorothea and Reeh Tobias

Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft, 2010, vol. 2, issue 1, 19-36

Abstract: Volunteer tourism is a growing market, already having been recognised by several travel guides. Only limited research has yet been undertaken to create an understanding of this phenomenon. In order to analyse the international volunteer sector in Namibia, a survey via standardised questionnaire was carried out amongst 341 international volunteers in 2007/08. Following a five point criteria catalogue three volunteer tourism-projects were identified, employing 92 of the interviewed volunteers. Furthermore 20 expert interviews were conducted. Between these projects the degree of commercialisation varied widely. Volunteer tourism combines elements of single-, adventure-, nature- and activity vacations. It addresses primarily young adults who request a special, intensive and exotic adventure abroad. In contrast to the basic altruistic idea of volunteering, the motivation of volunteer tourists often arises from hedonistic aims.

Keywords: Volunteer Tourism; Namibia; target group; commercialization; Informationssuche; Online; Neue Medien; Informationsbedarf; Suchverhalten; Volunteer Tourism; Namibia; target group; commercialization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1515/tw-2010-0104

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