* The main purpose of volunteer trips is to engage in volunteer work and travel takes a secondary role. In voluntourism travel takes an equal or greater role to the volunteer trip.
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Volunteer travel offered by tour operators in the U.S. as of April 2012, by trip type
This statistic shows the volunteer travel offered by tour operators in the United States as of April 2012, by trip type. During the survey, 61 percent of the respondents stated that they offered voluntourism trips.
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Adventure Travel Trade Association. (June 13, 2012). Do you run voluntourism trips or purely volunteer trips?* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/299598/volunteer-travel-offered-by-tour-operators-by-trip-type-us/
Adventure Travel Trade Association. "Do you run voluntourism trips or purely volunteer trips?*." Chart. June 13, 2012. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 30, 2026. /statistics/299598/volunteer-travel-offered-by-tour-operators-by-trip-type-us/
Adventure Travel Trade Association. (2012). Do you run voluntourism trips or purely volunteer trips?*. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 30, 2026. /statistics/299598/volunteer-travel-offered-by-tour-operators-by-trip-type-us/
Adventure Travel Trade Association. "Do You Run Voluntourism Trips or Purely Volunteer Trips?*." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 13 Jun 2012, /statistics/299598/volunteer-travel-offered-by-tour-operators-by-trip-type-us/
Adventure Travel Trade Association, Do you run voluntourism trips or purely volunteer trips?* ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/299598/volunteer-travel-offered-by-tour-operators-by-trip-type-us/ (last visited July 30, 2026)
Do you run voluntourism trips or purely volunteer trips?* [Graph], Adventure Travel Trade Association, June 13, 2012. [Online]. Available: /statistics/299598/volunteer-travel-offered-by-tour-operators-by-trip-type-us/
