EDRD 4010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Angelina Jolie, Slum Tourism, Neoliberalism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Design and Rural Development
• Course: EDRD 4010
• Professor: Marianne Staempfli

Document Summary

Once angelina jolie adopted maddox in 2002 in cambodia, several western countries suspended adoptions in the area due to reports of widespread corruption in orphanage sectors. Despite their good intentions, volunteer members and international donors could be damaging generations of cambodia children. Volunteer tourism is at the centre of one of the fastest growing markets in tourism. One aspect of orphanage tourism also includes visits and cultural performances but it does not capture the entire rage of experiences that this type of tourism offers and represents. Definition: donation of money and goods, attending performances or volunteering on a short-term basis at orphanages as part of one"s holiday. Main idea of article examine"s how polanyi"s double movement thesis volunteer and poverty tourism. It has emerged as a core activity among backpacker tourists in cambodia who seek to give back while on vacation. articulates with the facilitation and resistance to the neo-liberalization of orphanages through this tourism in cambodia.