Many people still seem to neglect visitors coming from abroad, such as "the number of foreign tourists has increased and it became noisy" or "I do not like being crowded with many foreign tourists."
However, rather in the place of international tourism, it is rather the opposite, and there is a movement to make tourists solve their problems through volunteer sightseeing.
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What is Volunteer Tourism
Volunteer tourism is a blend of "volunteers" meaning unpaid work and sightseeing (tourism) meaning travel for enjoyment.
However, when it says that "labor" and "leisure" merge, it makes me feel strange.
Because sightseeing which is "1" of "leisure" has been positioned as a distraction so far that "labor" and "leisure" are contradictory, that is, a relief to escape from stress and fatigue caused by "labor" at work or at home Because it is.
In that sense, volunteer sightseeing is a strange sightseeing form that conflicts elements of labor are working in leisure activities.
S. Wearing in Australia, Australia's leader in tourism research in volunteers, said that volunteer tourism "is based on various motivations in free time, relieving physical aid in society, assistance, protecting specific environments, Organized volunteer activities such as investigation of the environment "(Wearing 2001).
For example, in national parks in Europe and America, volunteers of nature conservation come from countries in the world.
They come to the distant country for many hours by airplane to volunteer in nature.
On the other hand, because they are "foreign tourists", they stay at the hotel, eat at the restaurant, go sightseeing, buy souvenirs and go home.
Benefits of volunteer sightseeing
What are the merits of volunteer sightseeing, there are some merits.
First of all it is a change of labor view.
By modernization, the subjectivity of workers to work became gradually diminishing, and labor changed from "subjective subjects" to "to be forced".
However, as long as the participants work on their own initiative, they can make full use of it in "leisure".
In other words, volunteer tourism awakens once again the subjectivity of labor and has the possibility of fusing labor with leisure time.
The second is the characteristic that you can leave your interest in daily life.
A variety of human relationships are formed in daily life, even if you participate in volunteer with good intentions, their intentions may be deeply read or may not quit once they start once.
However, because volunteer sightseeing is away from everyday life, you can engage in activities without worrying about such a label.
There are opinions of participants such as refreshing change and self-discovery different from everyday life.
Also, there is no need to feel the burden of "You must continue volunteering", you can also feel free to participate in volunteer.
Third, we can solve regional problems.
For the receiving area, even in areas with poor local resources and talented people, the place of volunteer activities themselves becomes new tourism resources, bringing the possibility of leading to resolution of regional problems.
Meanwhile, for participants, we can obtain satisfaction such as self-realization and social contribution through volunteer sightseeing, which will benefit both.
Volunteer tourism is expected as a form of tourism to build a new relationship between host (= accepting area) and guest (= participant).
Volunteer tourism problem
Of course, there is no problem at all in promoting volunteer sightseeing.
For example, considerable preparations are necessary to accept volunteers, and it is not necessarily efficient as a means of regional revitalization.
There is also uncertainty about the effect of volunteer sightseeing.
However, still having the attention of volunteer sightseeing can expect great effects other than economic aspects such as enjoyment and stimulation through exchanges.
This kind of place where various people are involved is the "place of creation", and volunteer tourism can be the driving force for regional revitalization.
Summary
By fully utilizing the tourism resources "nature" that attracts people, it is possible to solve the problem using such foreign tourists.
To enjoy your free time, it is extremely important to have a nature sightseeing where you can spend a long time.
If I have beautiful nature, I think that it is extremely easy to see sightseeing in such style. It is ideal to introduce other originality tourist spots while appealing nature and activities in full.
Reference:
Study on possibility of new urban / rural exchange through volunteer tourism
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