voluntourism
Voluntourism - a combination of traditional tourism and voluntary work the tourists contribute to the community where they travel to. This product helps tourists to enjoy the visiting sites and at the same time to share their knowledge, time and resources to contribute to the interests and benefits of the local communities. (www.gvtasia.org )
Mr.Vu Hoang Anh - CEO of Indochina Charm International Travel joint-stock company (Vietnam tour operator with travel agents in Cambodia & Laos) addressed “from the very first day in tourist business, we identify voluntourism as our advantage and strength. Vary from other traditional products, voluntourism direct people to the interests of the local communities by the voluntary contribution and that creates the humanitarian linkage between tourists and local people. That connection becomes the reason for tourists to come back to Vietnam and the more they do the more valuable memories of beautiful country and its people they will have.”
Quoted by Ms. Chu Kim Dung – Vice CEO of ICT and who has been organized numbers of voluntourism groups from Global Spectrum (US) to Vietnam since earlier of 2000: voluntourism groups drive theirs interests into specific object of beneficiary that they can and have capacity to contribute. Many groups have built compassion houses; raised funds to build, to renovate schools and libraries; sponsored on social centers; jointly tough English; donated books and educational materials; provided medical examinations to the needy people and other community works. From the practical experiences, voluntourists have again returned and on each of following trip they combined more new travelers with more extension to larger social issues like building community houses, public healthcare research, training on new knowledges, funding scholarship and other sustainable social development projects.
Inheriting the practical experiences, the capabilities in organization and the partnership co-operation with Global Spectrum, ICT continues the operation to extend the areas of community works those fit the availability of voluntourist, enlarge the location where voluntourism would be matched. ICT confide on the target to become a trustworthy partner and effective operator for voluntourism in the region of Vietnam – Laos – Cambodia with the competency that “more voluntourist – more benefits to community”.
Indochina Charm Travel Joint-stock company (ICT)
Add: 31 Hang Bun Str, Ba Dinh Dist, Hanoi - Vietnam.
Tel: +84.4.39275182.
Fax: +84.4.39275183.
Email: ictravel.hanoi@
Website: http://www.indochinacharmtravel.com .
Global Spectrum – Asian Passage
Virginia, US
www.gspectrum.com
