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voluntourist

voluntourist

English

Noun

voluntourist (plural voluntourists)

  1. A tourist who takes part in voluntourism. [from 20th c.]
    • 2014 April 21, Rafia Zakaria, “The white tourist’s burden”, in Al Jazeera America, archived from the original on 14 January 2016:
      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.