| dc.description.abstract | Voluntourism is a form of alternative tourism that growing rapidly in
recent years, mixing voluntary works and tourism activity in developing countries,
including Indonesia. Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), alongside
with The Great Project (TGP) are organizations that managed this program. The
objective of the research was to analyze how program implemented, identify
voluntourists‟ characteristics, motives, perceptions, and satisfactions towards the
program, also the impact of the voluntourism program. The research was
conducted in Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Center on June 1 –July 23
2018 through questionnaires, interview, and field observation. Voluntourist
activities were mainly prepares food (for orangutan and sunbear) and enrichment
on weekdays, tourism activity on weekends. The biggest groups of voluntourist
were female, UK nationality, youth and late adult age class, and working on
finance. Environment aspect was the main motivation and benefit for
voluntourists, while staff quality and supervision were aspect that received best
perception and satisfaction from voluntourists. Various impacts from
voluntourism program were received local staff, BOSF, TGP, orangutan and
sunbear. | id |
