摘要
This research explores the ways in which volunteer tourism is perceived by local volunteer coordinators in communities in India and Uganda. It highlights the importance of forming a more nuanced understanding of local agency, particularly in relation to community-based tourism. Participants from Indian and Ugandan NGOs speak to what they perceive is the role, value, and purpose of hosting Western volunteers and illustrate some of the benefits and challenges. Postcolonial theory and equity theory are applied to evaluate what is still a highly inequitable global tourism structure, while alerting the reader to how some individuals are exercising control over this form of alternative tourism. By drawing on the link between development and tourism, this study explores the critical issues that participants reveal and closes with three design principles for Northern sending agencies, Southern host organizations, and volunteer tourists to consider in order that volunteer tourism may best benefit receiving communities. Key words: Alternative tourism, Volunteer tourism, India, Uganda, Development, Equity Theory, Postcolonial Theory
摘要译文
本研究探讨在旅游志愿者是由当地的志愿者协调员在印度和乌干达社区感知的方式。它突出形成的派出机构更细致入微的理解，特别是涉及到社区为基础的旅游业的重要性。来自印度和乌干达的非政府组织与会发言，他们认为是什么样的作用，价值和目的主机西部志愿者和说明一些好处和挑战。后殖民理论，公平理论应用到评估什么仍然是一个非常不公平的全球旅游业的结构，同时提醒读者一些个体在行使控制权这种形式的另类旅游的。通过开发和旅游之间的联系上绘制，这项研究探讨了与会者透露的关键问题，并与北方派遣机构，南主机组织和志愿者旅游者三个设计原则关闭，以便志愿者旅游可能最佳效益接收社区考虑。关键词：另类旅游，旅游志愿者，印度，乌干达，发展，公平理论，后殖民理论
Stritch, Rohan Lea. Be Sugar in Milk: Local Perspectives on Volunteer Tourism in India and Uganda[D]. CA: Royal Roads University (Canada), 2011