@article{2017:berg:volunteer_,
title = {Volunteer Tourism supporting Sea Turtle Protection: Insights into the Juara Turtle Project, Malaysia},
year = {2017},
note = {This paper aims to evaluate whether volunteer tourism as a sustainable
form of tourism can be combined with sea turtle protection. We discuss
opportunities and limits of volunteer tourism and give insights into
motivations and self-assessments of mostly western volunteers
supporting sea turtle protection in Malaysia. Based on a primary
qualitative participatory approach the analysis evaluates positive and
negative impacts of volunteer tourism along a micro scale case study
of the privately run sea turtle conservation organisation in Tioman
Island, Malaysia. We show that the organisation depends on volunteer
tourism for its successful operation. Volunteers are an important
labour force as they help to extend the range of conservation efforts.
Further, the involvement and education of volunteers and visitors have
immediate positive outcomes for conservation on site, and long-term
outcomes in general.},
journal = {Voluntaris},
pages = {191--216},
author = {Berg, Daniela and Reeh, Tobias and Faust, Heiko},
volume = {5},
number = {2}
}