Recent years have seen an explosion in research on tourism volunteering‎.‎ Volunteers are an essential part of tourism‎,‎ whether they are volunteering in their local museum‎,‎ at a sporting mega‎-event‎,‎ as an airport ambassador‎,‎ or travelling the global as a volunteer tourist‎.‎ Managing Volunteers in Tourism reviews the latest research to highlight the key management issues and relate them to the tourism volunteering context‎.‎ It includes previously under‎-researched forms of tourism volunteering such as meet‎-and‎-greeters‎,‎ surf life‎-savers‎,‎ conservation‎,‎ festival‎,‎ and information centre volunteers and volunTourists‎.‎ The book develops through three distinct sections‎,‎ the first of which begins by introducing the concept of volunteering and considering the variety of volunteer forms and settings within tourism‎.‎ The next part picks up the organizational approach and examines volunteer program design and planning‎,‎ volunteer motivation‎,‎ recruitment and selection‎,‎ training and development‎,‎ reward and retention‎,‎ and diversity management‎.‎ The final part consists of ten case studies from leading international researchers and practitioners identifying best practice and key management challenges‎.‎ Real‎-life examples and case studies throughout this book provide an in‎-depth examination of the challenges facing those managing tourism volunteers‎,‎ making this book indispensible for current and future managers in the tourism industry‎.‎