Volunteer Tourism – Gut(es tun) für den Lebenslauf?: Zur Inwertsetzung von Volunteer Tourism

Seher Victoria (), Lehmeier Holger (), Rodrian Philipp () and Hopfinger Hans ()
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Seher Victoria: Lehrstuhl für Kulturgeographie, Kath. Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Ostenstraße 18, D-85072 Eichstätt
Lehmeier Holger: Lehrstuhl für Kulturgeographie, Kath. Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Ostenstraße 18, D-85072 Eichstätt
Rodrian Philipp: Professur für Wirtschaftsgeographie, Kath. Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Ostenstraße 18, D-85072 Eichstätt
Hopfinger Hans: Lehrstuhl für Kulturgeographie, Kath. Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Ostenstraße 18, D-85072 Eichstätt

Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft, 2015, vol. 7, issue 2, 207-216

Abstract: Volunteer tourism describes the melting of tourism and the involvement in volunteering organizations. During the last years, these phenomena have gained wide-spread popularity among many young adults in western countries, as well as increased scientific attention. Most contributions focus on volunteers’ motivations rather than the value of volunteering for their careers. This report is based on P. Bourdieu’s notions of capital and deals with the short- and long-term effects for the participants. The results are based on guided interviews with different types of experts and highlight the various contradictions regarding the interpretation of the different forms of capital. This is especially true for the interpretation of cultural capital. All in all, this report seeks to contribute to a more differentiated view on the varied and complex phenomenon of volunteer tourism.

Keywords: volunteer Tourism; volunteering organizations; Bourdieu’s forms of capital; tourism in the global south; Volunteer Tourism; Freiwilligendienst; Kapitalformen nach Bourdieu; Tourismus in Länder des Südens; volunteer Tourism; volunteering organizations; Bourdieu’s forms of capital; tourism in the global south (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1515/tw-2015-0207

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