As a branch of alternative tourism, volunteer tourism or voluntourism is responsible for introducing vacationers to parts of developing countries not usually seen through traditional forms of tourism. Broadly defined, voluntourism consists of "Those tourists who, for various reasons, volunteer in an organized way to undertake holidays that might involve aiding or alleviating the material poverty in some groups in society...". These travellers interact with local and community development organizations in ways said to capacitate the organizations and contribute to development as a whole. This...