Natascha Beumer

You Are Invited: a Case Study on Voluntourism in Tamale - a Local Perspective Natascha Beumer

Voluntourism is a booming industry whereby research has been done on multiple aspects. Opinions on voluntourism are various amongst Westerners. Many academics are claiming that voluntourism is another way of overpowering developing countries, that volunteers undertake this type of holiday due to selfish motives and that voluntourism has more negative than positive impacts. One of the goals of voluntourism is to help the less fortunate people. If voluntourism is about development of these less fortunate people, alias local people, where is their voice? This book gains insight in the thoughts, ideas, irritations, benefits and power of locals in voluntourism in Tamale, Ghana. It shows their perspective...their voice.