Beyond backpacker tourism : mobilities and experiences / edited by Kevin Hannam and Anya Diekmann.

Format:

Book

Series:

Tourism and cultural change ; v. 21.

Tourism and cultural change ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Backpacking.

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Buffalo : Channel View, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 virtualization 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1. From Backpacking to Flashpacking: Developments in Backpacker Tourism Research

Chapter 2. Not Such a Rough or Lonely Planet? Backpacker Tourism: An Academic Journey

Chapter 3. Flashpacking in Fiji: Reframing the ‘Global Nomad’ in a Developing Destination

Chapter 4. The Virtualization of Backpacker Culture: Virtual Mooring, Sustained Interactions and Enhanced Mobilities

Chapter 5. Reconceptualising Lifestyle Travellers: Contemporary ‘Drifters’

Chapter 6. Backpacker Hostels: Place and Performance

Chapter 7. Euro-railing: A Mobile-ethnography of Backpacker Train Travel

Chapter 8. Budget Backpackers Testing Comfort Zones in Mongolia

Chapter 9. Lesbian Backpacker Travel Experiences in New Zealand

Chapter 10. Backpackers as Volunteer Tourists: Evidence from Tanzania

Chapter 11. Backpackers in Norway: Landscapes, Ties and Platforms

Chapter 12. Town of 1770, Australia - The Creation of a New Backpacker Brand

Chapter 13. A Clash of Cultures or Definitions? Complexity and Backpacker Tourism in Residential Communities

Chapter 14. Towards Strategic Planning for an Emerging Backpacker Tourism Destination: The South African Experience

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9786612656897

9781845411909

1845411900

9781282656895

1282656899

9781845411329

1845411323

OCLC:

590687623