ABSTRACT

Building on emerging interdisciplinary research in wellbeing and tourism, this paper examines the effectiveness of volunteer tourism projects and explores the impacts on individual participants in host communities with a case study of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, which is one of the fastest-growing volunteer tourism destinations in the world. Beyond the PERMA model proposed by Seligman (2010. Flourish: Positive psychology and positive interventions. The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, 31, 1–56), this paper puts forward the ‘Wellbeing Hexagon’, which includes six measures of wellbeing for individuals (Positive emotions, Negative emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and Accomplishment). It highlights how the experience in volunteer tourism affects local participants’ hedonic and eudaemonic happiness on different domains in the Wellbeing Hexagon. Ultimately, this paper contributes to the understanding of volunteer tourism impacts on individuals in host communities and suggests ways to enhance the effectiveness of volunteer tourism programmes.

摘要

本文以健康和旅游领域新兴的跨学科研究为基础，以蒙古首都乌兰巴托为例，研究了志愿者旅游项目的有效性，并探讨了对东道社区个人参与者的影响，乌兰巴托是发展最快的城市之一。世界各地的志愿旅游目的地。超越塞利格曼提出的 PERMA 模型（2010 年。蓬勃发展：积极心理学和积极干预。坦纳人类价值观讲座，31, 1–56)，本文提出了“幸福六边形”，其中包括六个衡量个人幸福的指标（积极情绪、消极情绪、参与度、关系、意义和成就）。它突出了志愿者旅游的体验如何影响当地参与者在幸福六边形不同领域的享乐和幸福。最终，本文有助于了解志愿者旅游对东道社区个人的影响，并提出提高志愿者旅游计划有效性的方法。