Abstract
The paper examines the status of volunteer tourism by providing an analysis of its conceptualization, development,
cross-cultural misunderstanding and impacts on host society. Findings indicate the requirement of sustainable
approach in order to maximize positive and minimize negative impacts on community. Existence of cross-cultural
misunderstanding in volunteer tourism to be addressed adequately, research related to influences on host should be
initiated and focused for development of impact measurement tools are some of the key findings of this paper.
Keywords
Volunteertourismdevelopmentculturalmisunderstandingimpactsindicators