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This thesis explores orphanage tourism within the context of Cambodia, adopting a critical geography approach to investigate the intricate and contentious aspects of tourism within this space.
‘orphanage tourism’ takes in Cambodia and the impacts of this popular phenomenon on those who are purported to benefit: orphanages and orphans. Key Words: Orphanage tourism; ‘voluntourism’; Cambodia; orphans
18 gru 2019 · This essay will focus on the rise of orphanages in Cambodia and the manner in which voluntourism has accelerated this growth. The growth of orphanages is not unique to Cambodia and is growing internationally, it is estimated that 80 per cent of children living in orphanages are not actual orphans and have at least one living parent.
It charts the evolution of the Cambodian Children’s Trust which emerged in 2007 from the co-founding of an orphanage by an Australian volunteer tourist and a local Khmer leader.
28 gru 2015 · Orphanage tourism in Cambodia is an important niche tourism form within the wider tourism trends of voluntourism and poverty tourism. It is increasing rapidly internationally, but in some nations more than others, Cambodia has a particularly popular orphanage tourism destination.
31 mar 2023 · Carpenter takes her reader through the sociopolitical history of Cambodia to show where and how the orphanage culture grew and why children were left there. In doing so, she looks at different meanings of being an orphan that had existed in Cambodia across time.
20 lut 2022 · It charts the evolution of the Cambodian Children’s Trust which emerged in 2007 from the co-founding of an orphanage by an Australian volunteer tourist and a local Khmer leader.
