(Not so) risky business: Commercially packaged volunteer tourism as a 'safer' travel option

Godfrey, J; Wearing, S; Schulenkorf, N; Faulkner, S

(Not so) risky business: Commercially packaged volunteer tourism as a 'safer' travel option

Godfrey, J Wearing, S

Schulenkorf, N

Faulkner, S

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Godfrey, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wearing, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-059X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Schulenkorf, N https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7235-5340	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Faulkner, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7904-1240	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2014	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/47681
dc.description.abstract	Bennett (2004, p. 112-113) suggested people in the developed world “lead urban lives, dedicated to the avoidance of risk” and therefore travel in order to challenge themselves. He referred to travelling as “a sort of bungee-jump. It has the tang of adventure… but is safer than crossing the road”. In this paper we expanded this metaphor of the bungee-jumper and applied it to volunteer tourists (VTs). Commercial volunteer tourism is personally challenging and requires a leap of faith into the unknown. However, like bungee-jumping, there is also a safety net. For the VTs in this case study, it was the structure and security provided by volunteer organisation.	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/02508281.1999.11014866	en_US
dc.title	(Not so) risky business: Commercially packaged volunteer tourism as a 'safer' travel option	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Hamilton	en_US
utslib.for	1505 Marketing	en_US
utslib.for	150603 Tourism Management	en_US
utslib.for	150404 Sport and Leisure Management	en_US
utslib.for	1506 Tourism	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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Abstract:

Bennett (2004, p. 112-113) suggested people in the developed world “lead urban lives, dedicated to the avoidance of risk” and therefore travel in order to challenge themselves. He referred to travelling as “a sort of bungee-jump. It has the tang of adventure… but is safer than crossing the road”. In this paper we expanded this metaphor of the bungee-jumper and applied it to volunteer tourists (VTs). Commercial volunteer tourism is personally challenging and requires a leap of faith into the unknown. However, like bungee-jumping, there is also a safety net. For the VTs in this case study, it was the structure and security provided by volunteer organisation.

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