Meaning of voluntourist | Babel Free

Definitions

A tourist who takes part in voluntourism.

Examples

“As summer looms, many Americans — college students, retirees and others who stand at the cusp of life changes — will make similar choices in search of transformational experiences. An industry exists to make these easier to make: the voluntourism business. A voluntourist is someone like Jack, who wishes to combine exotic vacation travel with volunteer work.”

“I’m not pretending all in the camp are philanthropic angels. On Sunday we saw three “voluntourists”, taking selfies.”

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