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Voluntourism, which is new volunteer type with an added experience of volunteering and tourism, has the potential to change people. Voluntourism, which combines volunteer with volunteerism, public interest, and altruism as a basic philosophy, involves participation in local environment, service for society, and cultural exchange, bringing many sociocultural changes to both donors and beneficiaries. The purpose of this study is to find out the paradigm shift of Korean university students overseas volunteer in the future according to the MDGs and SDGs established by the United Nations. First, the present situation and implications were derived through the diagnosis of the situation of Korean university students overseas volunteer and focuss group interview. Second, in order to characterize the Korean university students overseas volunteer and strengthen their competitiveness both at home and abroad, we developed volunteer activities contents based on SDGs through Thailand demand surveys. Third, the developed program was carried out and evaluated, we proved the necessity of the paradigm shift according to the SDGs of the volunteer travel program. In addition, by developing voluntary travel programs based on SDGs and carry out them locally, volunteer travel emphasized the need to shift from donor-centered programs to mutually beneficial programs through exchange with beneficiaries.