Beyond Backpacker Tourism : : Mobilities and Experiences /

Beyond Backpacker Tourism : : Mobilities and Experiences / / ed. by Kevin Hannam, Anya Diekmann.

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 destinati...

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MitwirkendeR:
Anderson, Kay,
Bell, Claudia,
Bushell, Robyn,
Butler, Gareth,
Cohen, Scott,
Diekmann, Anya,
Hampton, Mark P.,
Hannam, Kevin,
Jarvis, Jeff,
Johnson, James,
Laythorpe, Kath,
Myers, Linda,
O'Regan, Michael,
Paris, Cody,
Peel, Victoria,
Rogerson, Christian,
Welk, Peter,
HerausgeberIn:
Diekmann, Anya,
Hannam, Kevin,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Tourism and Cultural Change ; 21
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of 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

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