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Valuing organic farm volunteer tourists in Hawai'i: farm host perspectives

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  • Mary Mostafanezhad
  • Saleh Azizi
  • Kelsey Johansen

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This article challenges conventional understandings of the benefits of farm volunteer tourism through a qualitative study of the perceived value of organic farm volunteer tourists participating in the World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) network from the perspective of WWOOF farm hosts in Hawai'i. Through an ethnographic examination of farm hosts' perspectives, the economic and non-economic costs and benefits of hosting farm volunteer tourists are examined. It illustrates how the off-setting of labour costs are juxtaposed against the economic cost of lost productivity and accommodation expenses. Farm hosts also report non-economic benefits, including spiritual development, interpersonal exchange relationships and shared lifestyles, while non-economic costs pertained to loss of privacy, and the need to engage in the emotional labour associated with farm hosting.

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  • Mary Mostafanezhad & Saleh Azizi & Kelsey Johansen, 2016. "Valuing organic farm volunteer tourists in Hawai'i: farm host perspectives," Current Issues in Tourism, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(6), pages 613-617, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rcitxx:v:19:y:2016:i:6:p:613-617
    DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2014.961904
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