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Title: El turismo solidario como herramienta para el desarrollo sostenible de países del Sur
Author: Martinez Castaño, Vanessa
Tutor: Gil Ibañez, Marta  
Abstract: This Final Degree Project looks into and puts forward the bases that must be followed to achieve a sustainable development in Southern countries through voluntourism, which is characterized by a greater interrelation among the communities involved. The analysis of its conceptualization and the literature review in the field will help to describe the characteristics of the market. In this sense, the information obtained is reinforced by researching the initiatives proposed in international debate forums and by comparing the travels offered in the main organizations that promote voluntourism, which purpose is to determine the adequacy of current programs. The research focuses on the economic and social factors which originate this type of tourism both from the point of view of the issuing and host countries, as well as the economic, environmental and socio-cultural impact derived from it. The study of cases located in Mexico, Kenya and Tanzania besides the participative observation, provide more realistic vision, with interviews aimed at professionals of the industry as a fundamental part of the paper. To this extent, based on the results obtained, it is concluded that voluntourism does not always improve the economy or meet the local needs, and even so, both host communities and issuing countries continue to maintain a high level of trust in projects. Therefore, recommendations are presented and addressed to future tourists, organizations and governments, with the request of actions that allow an optimal development of solidary tourism.
Keywords: community development
solidarity tourism
volunteering
cooperation
sustainable development
community development
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis
Issue Date: 5-Jun-2018
Publication license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/  
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