Backpackers have shifted from the margins of the travel industry into the global spotlight. This volume explores the international backpacker phenomenon, drawing together different disciplinary perspectives on its meaning, impact and significance. Links are drawn between theory and practice, setting backpacking in its wider social, cultural and economic context.
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Greg Richards is lecturer in leisure studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, and currently a research fellow at the Interarts Observatory for Culture and Tourism in Barcelona. Julie Wilson is Research Fellow with the Centre for Environment and Planning, University of the West of England, Bristol (UK) although currently a Batista i Roca Fellow with the Department of Geography, Universitat Rovira i Virgil, Tarragona and Visiting Fellow, Universitat de Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain).
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backpacker research, nomad survey, older backpackers, international backpacker market, backpacking phenomenon, backpacker industry, backpacker phenomenon, independent travel market, backpacker tourism, backpacker visitors, backpacker services, backpacker community, backpacker enclaves, backpacker culture, tourist angst, transport method choice, harvest trails, social construction study, backpacker experience, backpacker travel, iconic writers, conventional tourism, backpacker establishments, exploring other cultures, original drifter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, Lonely Planet, Hervey Bay, Bureau of Tourism Research, Erik Cohen, Khao San Road, North America, Fraser Island, Jack Kerouac, Youth Hostel Association, Beat Generation, Bruce Chatwin, Paul Theroux, South-East Asia, Backpacker Research Group, Scottish Executive, South America, United Kingdom, Byron Bay, King's Cross, Ernest Hemingway, International Visitor Survey, Kiwi Experience, New York, Northern Territory New!
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