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BBC Travel Highlights Voluntourism on the Outer Banks
May 26, 2025 by Outer Banks Visitors BureauThe islands are one of the first U.S. destination to create a tourism-specific volunteering program that directly connects the traveller with 90-plus non-profit organizations for ways to live up to the Outer Banks Promise, a pledge by both visitors and residents to protect and preserve the ecosystem. Consider joining a beach cleanup between playing in the waves.
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BusinessNC Explores How the Outer Banks is Reshaping Tourism and Travel in North Carolina
Feb 28, 2025 by Outer Banks Visitors BureauThe Outer Banks Visitors Bureau's Long-Range Tourism Management Plan, started in 2023, is intended to strengthen resident and visitor engagement, adopt an integrated approach to improving environmental stewardship, support infrastructure development for residents and visitors, and collaborate to advocate for an increase in residential housing diversity.
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Working Vacay? OBVB Explains How "Voluntourism" Can Strengthen Communities
Apr 1, 2024 by Outer Banks Visitors BureauOuter Banks Milepost Magazine asked Outer Banks Visitors Bureau Executive Director Lee Nettles to help us better understand how nonprofits, volunteering and tourism fit together - and how the Outer Banks can benefit as a whole.
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