Add to ORKGMuseums and art museums make a significant contribution to the tourism and leisure industries. In Australia they contribute to the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of the communities and regions in which they are located. However, museums are facing challenges that are leading them to rethink their products and services, to improve their economic position, and to remain competitive in the marketplace. In this climate of change, the role of the volunteer is growing increasingly important to the operation of museums and art museums. However, why persons choose to volunteer for these attractions is not well understood. This article reports on initial findings from a wider study of volunteers in museums and art museums that w...
The intention of this study is to provide an in-depth account of the experiences and interpretations...
For many archaeological open-air museums (AOAMs), volunteers are an essential and highly visible com...
The number of tourist railways and museums is increasing throughout the world. With many of these at...
Within the Australian tourism industry, the prominent use of volunteers occurs in museums and art mu...
This paper proposes two arguments: one, that volunteering in museums can be considered an extension ...
This thesis investigates how volunteers are organized at visitor attractions. It focuses on museums ...
The value of volunteering is well documented, and though there is a readily available recruitment p...
This paper considers the role that volunteers have in making a museum a hospitable place for visitor...
This paper considers the role that volunteers have in making a museum a hospitable place for visitor...
This research explored the demographics of the volunteers who work in three cultural tourism attract...
Volunteer involvement in visitor centres has received little attention by tourism researchers despit...
Volunteer tourism has emerged in recent years as a means of successfully attracting new travelers to...
The growing number of volunteers in the heritage sector indicates a desire for a leisure experience ...
Although altruism is known to be a typical volunteer-trait, our respondents were motivated more or l...
In recent decades, the heritage sector has become increasingly precarious amid the rise of austerity...
The intention of this study is to provide an in-depth account of the experiences and interpretations...
For many archaeological open-air museums (AOAMs), volunteers are an essential and highly visible com...
The number of tourist railways and museums is increasing throughout the world. With many of these at...
Within the Australian tourism industry, the prominent use of volunteers occurs in museums and art mu...
This paper proposes two arguments: one, that volunteering in museums can be considered an extension ...
This thesis investigates how volunteers are organized at visitor attractions. It focuses on museums ...
The value of volunteering is well documented, and though there is a readily available recruitment p...
This paper considers the role that volunteers have in making a museum a hospitable place for visitor...
This paper considers the role that volunteers have in making a museum a hospitable place for visitor...
This research explored the demographics of the volunteers who work in three cultural tourism attract...
Volunteer involvement in visitor centres has received little attention by tourism researchers despit...
Volunteer tourism has emerged in recent years as a means of successfully attracting new travelers to...
The growing number of volunteers in the heritage sector indicates a desire for a leisure experience ...
Although altruism is known to be a typical volunteer-trait, our respondents were motivated more or l...
In recent decades, the heritage sector has become increasingly precarious amid the rise of austerity...
The intention of this study is to provide an in-depth account of the experiences and interpretations...
For many archaeological open-air museums (AOAMs), volunteers are an essential and highly visible com...
The number of tourist railways and museums is increasing throughout the world. With many of these at...