International Voluntourism as Secular Pilgrimage: A Case Study of Hosts and Guests in a Small Panamanian Town

In this paper, I discuss the social dynamics of international ‘voluntourism’ in Santa Catalina, a small town on the Pacific coast of Panama that has become a tourist mecca in the last two decades. Through my collection of documentary, interview, and ethnographic data, I contribute to on-going debate...

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Main Author: Laura Edles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Technological University Dublin
Series:International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
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