Well-meaning Australian tourists will be warned against traveling to South East Asia to work with “fake orphans”, with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop launching a crackdown on “voluntourism” today.

With short-term volunteering placements, particularly in Bali and Cambodia, becoming more popular with young Australians, research shows that a new industry has boomed to feed the demand.

https://thewest.com.au/travel/asia/foreign-minister-julie-bishop-warns-on-fake-orphans-in-bali-cambodia-ng-b88760200z

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