Volunteer travel involves taking a trip purpose is to participate in an arranged service opportunity helping others. Typically, the volunteer activities take place in a foreign country. However, more volunteer trips (take) place within the same countries in recent years. Sanlian Lifeweek magazine commented that volunteer projects in rural areas are now attracting more urban visitors a break from the fast and stressful pace of urban living.
The Internet has helped make community service in general more popular. (volunteer) in other countries became as accessible as browsing a website and signing up. Instead of travelling with a group that is organised at the volunteer's home base, the volunteer may join a group that gathers at the worksite from all over the world. Sometimes, this sort of volunteer travel (refer) to as voluntourism or vacanteerism.
People try volunteer travel for several reasons. By working voluntarily while travelling, travellers make a real, positive impact on the world. Besides, it is volunteer travel helps urban dwellers (居民) to get a real taste of rural life. For those are sick of urban pressure but can't make up their minds whether to move permanently to the countryside, volunteer travel can be a solution.
