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voluntourism
 n.— «I first came across voluntourism when talking to the managing director of North-by North Tours, a company that specialises in tourism to Isan and neighbouring countries. Apparently they have the inside track on holidays dedicated to building a water supply for a village or perhaps tilling a field to make it ready for the next rice-planting season.» —“An emerging breed” by Don Ross Bangkok Post (Thailand) Sept. 8, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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