Beyond Backpacker Tourism: Mobilities and Experiences
Kevin Hannam, Anya Diekmann, "Beyond Backpacker Tourism: Mobilities and Experiences"
2010 | ISBN-10: 1845411307, 1845411315 | 264 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB
2010 | ISBN-10: 1845411307, 1845411315 | 264 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB
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. The 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.