Beyond backpacker tourism
Subtitle: mobilities and experiences
By: edited by Kevin Hannam and Anya Diekmann.
Contributors: Hannam, Kevin.; Diekmann, Anya.
Series: Tourism and cultural change -- 21
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bristol; Buffalo, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
ISBN-13: 9781845411312; 9781845411305; 9781845411329
Subjects: Backpacking; Backpacking -- Social aspects; Sports and tourism
Description: "Building on previous work on backpacking, this book takes the analysis of backpacker tourism further by engaging both with new theoretical debates into tourism experiences and mobilities as well as with new empirical phenomena such as the rise of the 'flashpacker' and alternative destinations. Chapters include material on flashpacking, the virtualisation of backpacker culture, the re-conceptualisation of lifestyle travellers, backpackers as volunteer tourists, as well as backpackers' experiences of hostels, mobilities and their policy implications. It sets a new benchmark for the study of independent travel in the contemporary world." --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.