The interpersonal interaction and socialisation of volunteers : case study of Ride for Love

Julie Jie Wen; Qing-qing Lin; Bi-qi Peng

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-8539-0_10

The interpersonal interaction and socialisation of volunteers : case study of Ride for Love

Julie Jie Wen, Qing-qing Lin, Bi-qi Peng

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Volunteer tourism has been growing as a significant part of alternative tourism. This paper takes Ride for Love (为爱远征,wei ai yuan zheng) as the case study, where college students in Guangzhou, Southeast China, ride bicycles to rural China to help teaching in remote villages. By means of in-depth interviews, the research analyses their experience and the change of attitude in relation to their volunteer activities. Young volunteers adapt their personalities during their journey of helping rural children with limited resource. There are diverse modes of personal and interpersonal interactions among the research respondents. These volunteer tourists manifest how their travel experience may lead to personal shifts and socialisation of youth travellers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Asian Youth Travellers: Insights and Implications
Editors	Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore, Elaine Chiao Ling Yang
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Pages	175-196
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811085390
ISBN (Print)	9789811085383
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8539-0_10
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

China
interpersonal relations
personality change
voluntarism
volunteers
young adults

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