Backpacker Tourism : : Concepts and Profiles / / ed. by Irena Ateljevic, Kevin Hannam.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ateljevic, Irena,; Benson, Angela,; Cave, Jenny,; Fisher, David,; Hannam, Kevin,; Hottola, Petri,; Ian, Lee Tze,; Jarvis, Jeff,; MacDonnell, Ian,; Maoz, Darya,; Moore, Kevin,; Musa, Ghazali,; Myers, Linda,; Niggel, Christine,; Pearce, Phillip,; Peel, Victoria,; Richards, Greg,; Ryan, Chris,; Speed, Clare,; Thyne, Maree,; Welk, Peter,; Wilson, Erica,; Wilson, Jude,; Wilson, Julie,
• HerausgeberIn: Ateljevic, Irena,; Hannam, Kevin,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change ; 13
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

The search for new tourism experiences as well as changes in the tourism industry itself has led to new forms of individualised travel and consequentially new forms of backpacker tourism. This volume provides an up to date examination of the behaviour, attitudes and motivations of backpacker tourists as well as the growth of the infrastructure behind backpacker tourism phenomenon throughout the world. Drawing upon insights from geography, sociology, anthropology, management and marketing, Backpacker Tourism provides theoretically informed case studies of individual destinations of backpackers. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of backpacker tourism as well as those involved in the backpacker tourism industry itself.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The Contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Conceptualising and Profiling Backpacker Tourism -- Part 1. Conceptualising Backpacker Tourism -- Chapter 2. Suspending Reality: An Exploration of Enclaves and the Backpacker Experience -- Chapter 3. The Social Psychological Interface of Tourism and Independent Travel -- Chapter 4. Sustainability Research and Backpacker Studies: Intersections and Mutual Insights -- Chapter 5. Are Backpackers Ethical Tourists? -- Chapter 6. The Lonely Planet Myth: 'Backpacker Bible' and 'Travel Survival Kit' -- Chapter 7. Challenging the 'Tourist-Other' Dualism: Gender, Backpackers and the Embodiment of Tourism Research -- Part 2. Profiling Backpacker Tourism -- Chapter 8. 'Van Tour' and 'Doing a Contiki': Grand 'Backpacker' Tours of Europe -- Chapter 9. Uncovering the International Backpackers to Malaysia -- Chapter 10. Exploring the Motivations of Backpackers: The Case of South Africa -- Chapter 11. Study Backpackers: Australia's Short-stay International Student Travellers -- Chapter 12. Women as Backpacker Tourists: A Feminist Analysis of Destination Choice and Social Identities from the UK -- Chapter 13. The Backpacking Journey of Israeli Women in Mid-life -- Chapter 14. Intracommunity Tensions in Backpacker Enclaves: Sydney's Bondi Beach -- Chapter 15. Perceptions of Backpacker Accommodation Facilities: A Comparative Study of Scotland and New Zealand -- Chapter 16. Conclusion: Towards a Critical Agenda for Backpacker Tourism -- References -- Index