in many cases, in fact, there is a direct trade-off. Voluntourism, for instance, weds travel and leisure with performing labor, hence invoking sacrifice. Slow tourism, in contrast, not only doesn't invoke denial or sacrifice; it makes additional aesthetic claims; it promises to be intrinsically better than fast tourism. the slow experience is superior to other forms of touristic experience, and has the added ethical benefit of avoiding the negative social, economic and environmental effects often associated with mainstream tourism.