Monitoring and evaluation practices of volunteer tourism organisations. Issue 11 (2nd November 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Monitoring and evaluation practices of volunteer tourism organisations. Issue 11 (2nd November 2017)
- Main Title:
- Monitoring and evaluation practices of volunteer tourism organisations
- Authors:
- Steele, Jessica
Dredge, Dianne
Scherrer, Pascal - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Monitoring and evaluation are tools that can facilitate sustainable and responsible tourism planning and management in organisations through encouraging good practice and the continuous improvement of programmes. However, to date, there is limited knowledge and understanding of how, or indeed if, volunteer tourism organisations actually monitor and evaluate their programmes. The aim of this paper is to identify and critically examine the extent to which volunteer tourism organisations engage with the monitoring and evaluation of their projects. Based on a survey of 80 organisations and qualitative interviews with representatives from 29 organisations, the research found that monitoring and evaluation practices vary greatly. Participants readily accept a lack of time and resources as barriers to monitoring an evaluation, there is an assumption that any volunteer-host community interaction is positive, and despite voluntary guidelines, there is little incentive to prioritise monitoring and evaluation of volunteer programmes. A small number of volunteer organisations emerged as an exception to this overall pattern and are discussed. Discrepancies between stated importance of monitoring and evaluation and actual practices are examined and opportunities for improved practices identified.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of sustainable tourism. Volume 25:Issue 11(2017)
- Journal:
- Journal of sustainable tourism
- Issue:
- Volume 25:Issue 11(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 25, Issue 11 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 25
- Issue:
- 11
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0025-0011-0000
- Page Start:
- 1674
- Page End:
- 1690
- Publication Date:
- 2017-11-02
- Subjects:
- Monitoring -- evaluation -- volunteer tourism -- responsible tourism
Tourism -- Periodicals
Sustainable development -- Periodicals
338.479105 - Journal URLs:
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http://www.swetswise.com/link/access_db?issn=0966-9582 ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsus20 ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗
http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jost/default.htm ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/09669582.2017.1306067 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0966-9582
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