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Voluntourism

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, voluntourism means: Travel combining a holiday with voluntary work at the destination.

In Turkish: gönüllülük turizmi

How it is used

Used critically as well as descriptively; volunteer involvement alone does not establish local benefit.

Example sentences

  1. Her voluntourism trip combined beach visits with supervised work restoring coastal paths.

    The itinerary contains both leisure and a defined voluntary task.

  2. The agency reviewed the voluntourism project after residents questioned whether the work was useful.

    The example separates visitors' good intentions from the value of their contribution.

Common collocations

  • voluntourism project
  • voluntourism trip
  • travel agencyA business that sells holidays, tours, tickets and hotel stays to travellers, often earning a commission from suppliers.
  • itineraryA detailed plan of a trip or tour that shows where travellers will go, in what order and at what times.

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