Are visitors interested in volunteer tourism? Evidence from Slovakia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/589" target="_blank" >https://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/589</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2020.7.4(50)" target="_blank" >10.9770/jesi.2020.7.4(50)</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Are visitors interested in volunteer tourism? Evidence from Slovakia

Original language description

Volunteer tourism is one of the fastest growing types of alternative travel, highlighting the need for sustainability. It has been studied in a number of researches that focus almost exclusively on the demand for certain projects in outbound tourism. With the aim of a more comprehensive view of the issue, this paper examines and compare the current state of demand for domestic and outgoing volunteer tourism within Slovakia. It is based on a quantitative survey conducted on a sample of 573 respondents who represent a representative picture of the population of Slovakia older than 15 years in terms of age and gender. It turns out that between 18 and 25% of the Slovak population participated in domestic volunteer tourism between 2013 and 2018 (in average 3-4% a year). Outbound volunteer tourism was 4 to 8% (approximately 1% a year). In both cases, potential demand clearly exceeds effective demand. As individuals grow older, participation in volunteer tourism decrease slightly, while participation in the home country is positively influenced by higher education while participation abroad is dependent on the individual&#039;s economic status. Participation in domestic volunteer tourism is largely influenced by volunteer-specific motives, this differs from outbound tourism, where tourist specific motives prevail. In the home country. Volunteers sometimes do not realize that they are involved in tourism; the altruistic motive of helping others is paramount. Important information about national volunteer tourism of Slovak residents is obtained mostly from direct sources. Time is the most decisive obstacle to people&#039;s participation in volunteer tourism. Comparing the demand of Slovak citizens for domestic and outgoing volunteer tourism shows the possibilities of its further development.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

ISSN

2029-7017

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

LT - LITHUANIA

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

3339-3353

UT code for WoS article

000542031600047

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-00000000000