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Abstract
Backpackers have shifted from the margins of the travel industry into the global spotlight. This volume explores the international backpacker phenomenon, drawing together different disciplinary perspectives on its meaning, impact and significance. Links are drawn between theory and practice, setting backpacking in its wider social, cultural and economic context.
Greg Richards is lecturer in leisure studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, and currently a research fellow at the Interarts Observatory for Culture and Tourism in Barcelona. Julie Wilson is Research Fellow with the Centre for Environment and Planning, University of the West of England, Bristol (UK) although currently a Batista i Roca Fellow with the Department of Geography, Universitat Rovira i Virgil, Tarragona and Visiting Fellow, Universitat de Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain).
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | v | ||
| Preface | vii | ||
| Contributors | x | ||
| Part 1 Introduction | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1 Drifting Towards the Global Nomad | 3 | ||
| Chapter 2 The Global Nomad: Motivations and Behaviour of Independent Travellers Worldwide | 14 | ||
| Part 2 Backpacking as a (Post)modern Phenomenon | 41 | ||
| Chapter 3 Backpacking: Diversity and Change | 43 | ||
| Chapter 4 Theoretical Encounters: A Review of Backpacker Literature | 60 | ||
| Chapter 5 The Beaten Track: Anti-Tourism as an Element of Backpacker Identity Construction | 77 | ||
| Chapter 6 The Whole Point of Backpacking: Anthropological Perspectives on the Characteristics of Backpacking | 92 | ||
| Chapter 7 The Conquerors and the Settlers: Two Groups of Young Israeli Backpackers in India | 109 | ||
| Chapter 8 Backpacker Icons: Influential Literary ‘Nomads’ in the Formation of Backpacker Identities | 123 | ||
| Part 3 In the Footsteps of the Global Nomad | 147 | ||
| Chapter 9 Backpacking in Scotland: Formal Public Sector Responses to an Informal Phenomenon | 149 | ||
| Chapter 10 Profiling the International Backpacker Market in Australia | 168 | ||
| Chapter 11 Backpackers: Nomads Join the Mainstream? An Analysis of Backpacker Employment on the ‘Harvest Trail Circuit’ in Australia | 180 | ||
| Chapter 12 Destination-Based Product Selections by International Backpackers in Australia | 196 | ||
| Chapter 13 Setting Out on the Road Less Travelled: A Study of Backpacker Travel in New Zealand | 217 | ||
| Chapter 14 Backpacker Transport Choice: A Conceptual Framework Applied to New Zealand | 237 | ||
| Part 4 Conclusions | 251 | ||
| Chapter 15 Widening Perspectives in Backpacker Research | 253 | ||
| References | 280 | ||
| Index | 296 |