Education and Resources

The VolunTourism Concept
In the modern era, VolunTourism - the combination of volunteer service and travel/tourism - traces its roots to the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and the founding of the Peace Corps. In the subsequent four decades, student travelers shifted from what was originally just studying abroad to incorporating service into the learning experience. Likewise academics and educators have followed a similar track.

In the late 1980's, Eco-tourists began incorporating service into their green experiences.

Please email me a copy of The Voluntourism Concept paper

VolunTourism Think Tank
We would like to extend our thanks to Mara DelliPriscoli of the Educational Travel Conference and Kristin Lamoureux of the International Institute of Tourism Studies for helping us create an incredible interactive discussion on VolunTourism.

An audience of Tourism and Volunteerism Industry professionals covered such topics as: Access to Funding for VolunTourism, Partnerships and Alliances to support VolunTourism, Building organizational capacity and local community capacity to serve demand.

It was determined that a List-Serv will be created to update participants on new research and and a followup database to provide options for VolunTourists and VolunTourism Industry organizations and interested Friends.