... in several of the papers in this issue. In the forthcoming articles, you will see the terms “international volunteer tourism”, “volunteer tourism” and “voluntourism” used. For the most part, the articles use the terms interchangeably and whilst nuances of the terms could be discussed, this would not move...

... for and has seen dramatic growth in the past few years. Liz Wilson can be contacted at: contact@skipperu.org © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Risk management Child protection Communication Voluntourism Volunteer tourism Peru Volunteer tourism or “voluntourism” is a new...

..., in that organisations set up projects that they believe will “sell” to volunteers. The next article by Smith and Font also used web-based data sets; however, their focus was solely on the marketing pages of volunteer organisations, which they mapped to responsible voluntourism criteria. What is particularly...

... collected through interviews with tourists who had completed or were in the midst of volunteer experiences. Findings – Findings revealed that international voluntourism opportunities in Botswana are challenging to locate and leave volunteers questioning their impact. Some of the difficulties...

... improvement. Design/methodology/approach – A purposive sample of five influential website pages of eight volunteer tourism organisations are scored across 19 responsible voluntourism criteria, and compared against the results of two years previously. Findings – The authors report mixed results...

... unique eco-voluntourism products. Design/methodology/approach – Primary qualitative data were collected through ethnographic research, involving researcher participation and interviews, with the founder and the management team. Secondary data were also gathered through undergraduate and graduate...