Giving to receive : volunteer tourists from Singapore.
The proliferation of the volunteer tourism phenomenon is accompanied by critiques from both the media and academics in terms of its effectiveness and impact made on the host communities. The study aims to find out the motivations of volunteer tourists from Singapore and to examine the impact of volu...
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/22680 |
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| author | Li, Camilia Yun. |
| author2 | Caroline Pluss |
| author_facet | Caroline Pluss Li, Camilia Yun. |
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| description | The proliferation of the volunteer tourism phenomenon is accompanied by critiques from both the media and academics in terms of its effectiveness and impact made on the host communities. The study aims to find out the motivations of volunteer tourists from Singapore and to examine the impact of volunteer tourism experience on the development of the self. Ethnographic fieldwork of participatory nature, with a combination of participant observation, reflection diaries and interviews were used in the study of a 15-day Youth Expedition Project to Laos with 18 participants. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/226802019-12-10T11:19:16Z Giving to receive : volunteer tourists from Singapore. Li, Camilia Yun. Caroline Pluss School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences The proliferation of the volunteer tourism phenomenon is accompanied by critiques from both the media and academics in terms of its effectiveness and impact made on the host communities. The study aims to find out the motivations of volunteer tourists from Singapore and to examine the impact of volunteer tourism experience on the development of the self. Ethnographic fieldwork of participatory nature, with a combination of participant observation, reflection diaries and interviews were used in the study of a 15-day Youth Expedition Project to Laos with 18 participants. Bachelor of Arts 2010-04-01T06:41:50Z 2010-04-01T06:41:50Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/22680 en Nanyang Technological University 35 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences Li, Camilia Yun. Giving to receive : volunteer tourists from Singapore. |
| title | Giving to receive : volunteer tourists from Singapore. |
| title_full | Giving to receive : volunteer tourists from Singapore. |
| title_fullStr | Giving to receive : volunteer tourists from Singapore. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giving to receive : volunteer tourists from Singapore. |
| title_short | Giving to receive : volunteer tourists from Singapore. |
| title_sort | giving to receive volunteer tourists from singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/22680 |
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