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Old Jan 18, 2015, 8:51 am
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Maybe not. I think Ben would have lots of applicable skills that would be useful in a volunteer setting- running one's own business speaks to some of them. But these are some of the things you want to avoid.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...lidays-madonna

http://pippabiddle.com/2014/02/18/th...irls-and-boys/

I'm skeptical that it's a great idea to import wealthy tourists to do manual labor that requires some skill and training (especially if they are likely to be bad at it, as the links detail).

There are likely some ways to do tourism in undeveloped countries that aren't questionable, but one has to be careful.

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