Experiences and appreciation attained by volunteer tourists from community based eco-tourism conservation program in Batu Puteh, Kinabatangan, Sabah

This study explores the phenomenon and the important of appreciation in volunteer tourism experiences. Although previous research has explored volunteer tourism motives, experiences and satisfactions, this study examines those phenomenon using in-depth interviews in order to explore the value of app...

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Main Author:	Yahya, Hafizul Ridzwan
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	G Geography (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33871/5/HafizulRidzwanYahyaMFAB2012.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.338712018-05-27T08:09:40Z Experiences and appreciation attained by volunteer tourists from community based eco-tourism conservation program in Batu Puteh, Kinabatangan, Sabah 2012-01 Yahya, Hafizul Ridzwan G Geography (General) This study explores the phenomenon and the important of appreciation in volunteer tourism experiences. Although previous research has explored volunteer tourism motives, experiences and satisfactions, this study examines those phenomenon using in-depth interviews in order to explore the value of appreciation in volunteer tourism trips. This study investigates the reasons behind participating in volunteer tourism trips, their expectation and what their gained from the volunteer tourism experiences. The results of this study illustrate different motives compared to previous research where most of participants went on their trip to have a new experience of different part of the world or to help others (altruism). Where motive of „meet and interact with local people? (curiosity) revealed in this study. The differences in these findings illustrate how volunteer tourists? motivation can be different base on the volunteer?s motives and desire. These volunteer tourists experiences revealed three main sub theme related to; interaction and relationship, contributions from involvement and experiences related to self development. Interaction and relationship identified through volunteers sincere communication with host community and fellow volunteer tourists. The sense of satisfaction attained my most of the participant where they satisfied with their contributions to conservation effort and local community well being. Lastly, the role of appreciation and recognition is important elements in showing gratitude towards volunteer tourists? contributions because it helps to increase volunteer tourist?s motivation and morale. Based on the results, this study concludes that appreciation and recognition towards volunteer effort plays an important role in volunteer tourists? experiences and it help to differentiate volunteer tourism from other volunteer tourism experiences. 2012-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33871/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33871/5/HafizulRidzwanYahyaMFAB2012.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
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language	English
topic	G Geography (General)
spellingShingle	G Geography (General) Yahya, Hafizul Ridzwan Experiences and appreciation attained by volunteer tourists from community based eco-tourism conservation program in Batu Puteh, Kinabatangan, Sabah
description	This study explores the phenomenon and the important of appreciation in volunteer tourism experiences. Although previous research has explored volunteer tourism motives, experiences and satisfactions, this study examines those phenomenon using in-depth interviews in order to explore the value of appreciation in volunteer tourism trips. This study investigates the reasons behind participating in volunteer tourism trips, their expectation and what their gained from the volunteer tourism experiences. The results of this study illustrate different motives compared to previous research where most of participants went on their trip to have a new experience of different part of the world or to help others (altruism). Where motive of „meet and interact with local people? (curiosity) revealed in this study. The differences in these findings illustrate how volunteer tourists? motivation can be different base on the volunteer?s motives and desire. These volunteer tourists experiences revealed three main sub theme related to; interaction and relationship, contributions from involvement and experiences related to self development. Interaction and relationship identified through volunteers sincere communication with host community and fellow volunteer tourists. The sense of satisfaction attained my most of the participant where they satisfied with their contributions to conservation effort and local community well being. Lastly, the role of appreciation and recognition is important elements in showing gratitude towards volunteer tourists? contributions because it helps to increase volunteer tourist?s motivation and morale. Based on the results, this study concludes that appreciation and recognition towards volunteer effort plays an important role in volunteer tourists? experiences and it help to differentiate volunteer tourism from other volunteer tourism experiences.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Yahya, Hafizul Ridzwan
author_facet	Yahya, Hafizul Ridzwan
author_sort	Yahya, Hafizul Ridzwan
title	Experiences and appreciation attained by volunteer tourists from community based eco-tourism conservation program in Batu Puteh, Kinabatangan, Sabah
title_short	Experiences and appreciation attained by volunteer tourists from community based eco-tourism conservation program in Batu Puteh, Kinabatangan, Sabah
title_full	Experiences and appreciation attained by volunteer tourists from community based eco-tourism conservation program in Batu Puteh, Kinabatangan, Sabah
title_fullStr	Experiences and appreciation attained by volunteer tourists from community based eco-tourism conservation program in Batu Puteh, Kinabatangan, Sabah
title_full_unstemmed	Experiences and appreciation attained by volunteer tourists from community based eco-tourism conservation program in Batu Puteh, Kinabatangan, Sabah
title_sort	experiences and appreciation attained by volunteer tourists from community based eco-tourism conservation program in batu puteh, kinabatangan, sabah
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
granting_department	Faculty of Built Environment
publishDate	2012
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33871/5/HafizulRidzwanYahyaMFAB2012.pdf
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Experiences and appreciation attained by volunteer tourists from community based eco-tourism conservation program in Batu Puteh, Kinabatangan, Sabah

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