The study focused on volunteer tourists to Ghana. A survey using a self-administered questionnaire was conducted to collect primary data from a convenience sample of 200 volunteer tourists visiting the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. Since the study had volunteers as the main target population, volunteer institutions were used to get respondents. Consequently, four volunteer organisations that use home-stay as the main form of accommodation were selected purposively. They included Projects Abroad, Light for Children, School for International Training (SIT) and Students and Youth Travel Organisation (SYTO).
Having obtained the list of homes from the volunteer organisations, volunteer tourists aged 18 years and above who were living in homestay accommodation within the study period of June-August constituted the target population for the study. Out of the 200 questionnaires distributed, 151 were useful for analysis.