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Voluntourism placements: Voluntourists’ experiences and learning potential

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  • Nathalie Colpin
  • Sarah Dury
  • Marc Jegers

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This paper aims to contribute to the broader understanding of voluntourists’ impressions with voluntourism and how their experiences evolve throughout the volunteering process (pre-, peri-, and post-trip stages). Interviews of Belgian and Dutch voluntourists (n = 21) were analysed thematically, focusing on their overall experiences by questioning success factors, obstacles, and stakeholders’ roles. Results show that providing organisations, host countries/cultures/residents, and other volunteers/tourists functioned in triangular relationships that influence voluntourists’ intercultural and transformative learning processes. This study concludes that when the stakeholders recognise their roles and see participants’ learning as a goal, voluntourism may enhance the interests of its customers (volunteers and host countries), thus making it a genuine learning opportunity.

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  • Nathalie Colpin & Sarah Dury & Marc Jegers, 2025. "Voluntourism placements: Voluntourists’ experiences and learning potential," Current Issues in Tourism, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(9), pages 1478-1495, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rcitxx:v:28:y:2025:i:9:p:1478-1495
    DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2024.2342402
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