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Volunteer Tourism - International - September 2008

INTRODUCTION
DATA SOURCES
WHAT IS VOLUNTEER TOURISM?
Tourism
Volunteerism
Volunteer tourism
Definitions
Principles and guidelines
MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
Retiree Generation and Baby Boomers
Generation X
Generation Y
Figure 1: Motivation for Australian Generation Y volunteer leisure travellers, April 2008
Gappers
Families
Traveller philanthropy
Corporate travel or team building
Scientific and academic volunteers
MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS
 PROFILES OF MAIN SOURCE MARKETS
Western Europe
Figure 2: Total voluntary work holidays in the UK, 2006 and 2007
Figure 3: International versus domestic voluntary work holidays in the UK, 2006
US
Figure 4: US professionals who would consider taking a leave from the workforce, 2007
Australia
DESTINATIONS OVERVIEW
 POPULAR VOLUNTEER TOURISM DESTINATIONS
Figure 5: Most desired international destinations for US-based volunteer tourists, 2007
Figure 6: Most popular overseas destinations for UK-based volunteer tourists, 2007
Africa and the Middle East
Central and South America
Europe
North America
Figure 7: Top ten destination states for long-distance volunteers, 2007
TYPICAL VOLUNTEER TOURISM ACTIVITIES
Figure 8: Most popular volunteer tourism activities for US-based volunteer tourists, 2008
 CONSTRUCTION
 TEACHING
 HEALTH-RELATED ASSISTANCE
 DISASTER RELIEF
KEY VOLUNTEER TOURISM MARKET PLAYERS
 THE PARTNERSHIP CHALLENGE
 VOLUNTEER-SENDING ORGANISATIONS
Cross-Cultural Solutions
Earthwatch
 GLOBAL VISION INTERNATIONAL (SEE CASE STUDIES OF VOLUNTEER TOURISM PROVIDERS)
Global Volunteers
i-to-i
Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO)
 OTHER VOLUNTEER-SENDING ORGANISATIONS
 VOLUNTEER-RECEIVING AGENCIES
Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI)
National Trust (UK)
HOTELS, CRUISE LINES, AIRLINES AND TRAVEL DISTRIBUTORS – INNOVATION IN VOLUNTEER TOURISM
Hotels
Cruise lines
Airlines
Travel distributors
Web 2.0, social networking, blogs and electronic media
VOLUNTEER TOURISM ASSOCIATIONS AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SOURCES
Volunteer tourism associations
Blogs
E-information sources
CASE STUDIES OF VOLUNTEER TOURISM PROVIDERS
 GLOBAL VISION INTERNATIONAL
Industry comment: interview with Richard Walton, director and founder, GVI International
 BRIDGE LINGUATEC, INC; BRIDGE VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTEER ADVENTURES
Industry comment: interview with Jean-Marc Alberola, president, Bridge Linguatec, Inc
WHAT NEXT?
Credibility issues
Travelling closer to home
Continued market growth
Blurred boundaries in the industry
Age-specific volunteer tourism products
Social networks and Web 2.0
Diversification of volunteer service travel options

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