Backpacker Tourism

Description

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.

1. Introduction: Conceptualising and Profiling Backpacker Tourism - Kevin Hannam and Irena Ateljevic



CONCEPTUALISING BACKPACKER TOURISM

2. Suspending Reality: An Exploration of Enclaves and the Backpacker Experience - Julie Wilson and Greg Richards

3. The Social Psychological Interface of Tourism and Independent Travel - Petri Hottola

4. Sustainability Research and Backpacker Studies: Intersections and Mutual Insights - Phillip Pearce

5. Are Backpackers Ethical Tourists? - Clare Speed and Annabel Hartnell

6. The Lonely Planet Myth: Backpacker Bible and Travel Survival Kit - Peter Welk

7. Challenging the Tourist-Other Dualism: Gender, Backpackers and the Embodiment of Tourism Research - Erica Wilson and Irena Ateljevic



PROFILING BACKPACKER TOURISM

8. Van Tour and Doing a Contiki: Grand Backpacker Tours of Europe - Jude Wilson, David Fisher and Kevin Moore

9. Uncovering the International Backpackers to Malaysia - Lee Tze Ian and Ghazali Musa



10. Exploring the Motivations of Backpackers: The Case of South Africa - Christine Niggel and Angela Benson

11. Study Backpackers: Australia’s Short-stay International Student Travellers - Jeff Jarvis and Victoria Peel



12. Women as Backpacker Tourists: A Feminist Analysis of Destination Choice and Social Identities from the UK - Linda Myers and Kevin Hannam

13. The Backpacking Journey of Israeli Women in Mid-Life - Darya Maoz



14. Intra-Community Tensions in Backpacker Enclaves: Sydney’s Bondi Beach - Julie Wilson, Greg Richards and Ian MacDonnell

15. Perceptions of Backpacker Accommodation Facilities: A Comparative Study of Scotland and New Zealand - Jenny Cave, Maree Thyne and Chris Ryan

16. Conclusion: Towards a Critical Agenda for Backpacker Tourism - Irena Ateljevic and Kevin Hannam

Sujets

• Industries
• Employabilité, métiers et formations
• Hospitality
• Undergraduate education
• Travel
• Postgraduate education
• Tourism
• Economics
• Business
• Postgraduate
• Undergraduate
• Industrie

Informations

• Publié par: Multilingual Matters
• Date de parution: 12 novembre 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781845410797
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Backpacker TourismTOURISM AND CULTURAL CHANGE
Series Editors: Professor Mike Robinson, Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds
MetropolitanUniversity,Leeds,UKandDrAlisonPhipps, University ofGlasgow,Scotland,UK
Understanding tourism’s relationships with culture(s) and vice versa is of
ever-increasing significance in a globalising world. This series will critically examine
the dynamic inter-relationships between tourism and culture(s). Theoretical
explorations, research-informed analyses, and detailed historical reviews from a
variety of disciplinary perspectives are invited to consider such relationships.
Other Books in the Series
Irish Tourism: Image, Culture and Identity
Michael Cronin and Barbara O’Connor (eds)
Tourism, Globalization and Cultural Change: An Island Community Perspective
Donald V.L. Macleod
The Global Nomad: Backpacker Travel in Theory and Practice
Greg Richards and Julie Wilson (eds)
Tourism and Intercultural Exchange: Why Tourism Matters
Gavin Jack and Alison Phipps
Discourse, Communication and Tourism
Adam Jaworski and Annette Pritchard (eds)
Histories of Tourism: Representation, Identity and Conflict
John K. Walton (ed.)
Cultural Tourism in a Changing World: Politics, Participation and (Re)presentation
Melanie K. Smith and Mike Robinson (eds)
Festivals, Tourism and Social Change: Remaking Worlds
David Picard and Mike Robinson (eds)
Tourism in the Middle East: Continuity, Change and Transformation
Rami Farouk Daher (ed.)
Learning the Arts of Linguistic Survival: Languaging, Tourism, Life
Alison Phipps
Tea and Tourism: Tourists, Traditions and Transformations
Lee Jolliffe (ed.)
Tourism, Culture and Development: Hopes, Dreams and Realities in East Indonesia
Stroma Cole
Other Books of Interest
Music and Tourism: On the Road Again
Chris Gibson and John Connell
Shopping Tourism: Retailing and Leisure
Dallen Timothy
Film-Induced Tourism
Sue Beeton
Tourist Behaviour: Themes and Conceptual Schemes
Philip L. Pearce
Tourism Ethics
David A. Fennell
Tourism and Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
Susanne Becken and John E. Hay
For more details of these or any other of our publications, please contact:
Channel View Publications, Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall,
Victoria Road, Clevedon, BS21 7HH, England
http://www.channelviewpublications.comTOURISM AND CULTURAL CHANGE 13
Series Editors: Mike Robinson and Alison Phipps
Backpacker Tourism
Concepts and Profiles
Edited by
Kevin Hannam and Irena Ateljevic
CHANNEL VIEW PUBLICATIONS
Clevedon • Buffalo TorontoLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Backpacker Tourism: Concepts and Profiles/Edited by Kevin Hannam and Irena
Ateljevic.
Tourism and Cultural Change: 13
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Backpacking. 2. Backpacking–Social aspects. 3. Sports and tourism.
I. Hannam, Kevin. II. Ateljevic, Irena III. Title.
GV199.6.B315 2007
796.51–dc22 2007022922
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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ISBN-13: 978-1-84541-078-0 (hbk)
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Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd.Contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
1 Introduction: Conceptualising and Profiling Backpacker
Tourism
Kevin Hannam and Irena Ateljevic ..........................1
Part 1: Conceptualising Backpacker Tourism
2 Suspending Reality: An Exploration of Enclaves and
the Backpacker Experience
Julie Wilson and Greg Richards ............................9
3 The Social Psychological Interface of Tourism and
Independent Travel
Petri Hottola.........................................26
4 Sustainability Research and Backpacker Studies:
Intersections and Mutual Insights
Phillip Pearce ........................................38
5 Are Backpackers Ethical Tourists?
Clare Speed..........................................54
6 The Lonely Planet Myth: ‘Backpacker Bible’ and
‘Travel Survival Kit’
Peter Welk ..........................................82
7 Challenging the ‘Tourist-Other’ Dualism: Gender,
Backpackers and the Embodiment of Tourism Research
Erica Wilson and Irena Ateljevic...........................95
Part 2: Profiling Backpacker Tourism
8 ‘Van Tour’ and ‘Doing a Contiki’: Grand ‘Backpacker’
Tours of Europe
Jude Wilson, David Fisher and Kevin Moore .................113
9 Uncovering the International Backpackers to Malaysia
Lee Tze Ian and Ghazali Musa...........................128
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10 Exploring the Motivations of Backpackers: The Case of
South Africa
Christine Niggel and Angela Benson.......................144
11 Study Backpackers: Australia’s Short-stay International
Student Travellers
Jeff Jarvis and Victoria Peel .............................157
12 Women as Backpacker Tourists: A Feminist Analysis of
Destination Choice and Social Identities from the UK
Linda Myers and Kevin Hannam .........................174
13 The Backpacking Journey of Israeli Women in Mid-life
Darya Maoz........................................188
14 Intracommunity Tensions in Backpacker Enclaves:
Sydney’s Bondi Beach
Julie Wilson, Greg Richards and Ian MacDonnell..............199
15 Perceptions of Backpacker Accommodation Facilities:
A Comparative Study of Scotland and New Zealand
Jenny Cave, Maree Thyne and Chris Ryan...................215
16 Conclusion: Towards a Critical Agenda for
Backpacker Tourism
Irena Ateljevic and Kevin Hannam ........................247
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Preface
This is the second volume of the ongoing research programme on
backpacking developed by the Backpacker Research Group (BRG) of the
Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS). The BRG aims
to act as a platform for the discussion and debate between researchers of
backpacker travel worldwide. It follows on from the success of the first
volume The Global Nomad (Richards & Wilson, 2004) and seeks to further
shape this relatively new area of tourism research.
The idea for the book was initiated at a meeting at Kasetsart
University in Bangkok in September 2005 attended by 31 members of
the BRG including researchers from the UK, Germany, Spain, the
Netherlands, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Israel and
Malaysia.Draftsofthechapterscontainedinthisvolumewerepresented
at this three-day meeting and these generated continued discussion and
updates on the nature, meaning and significance of backpacker tourism.
The meeting also enabled feedback to be given to the contributors to this
volume and helped to develop the concept of the book.
This book, however, is not an exhaustive account of backpacker
tourism research and nor is it meant to be. There are clear areas of
theoretical, methodological and geographical research on backpacker
tourism still tobe coveredand we point to thisin the concludingchapter
of the volume. Furthermore, at the time of writing new meetings of the
BRG are being planned in Malaysia and India. Information about the
ATLASBRGactivitiescanbefoundontheInternet(www.atlas-euro.org).
Kevin Hannam and Irena Ateljevic
Amsterdam and Sunderland, November 2006
viiAcknowledgements
A large number of individuals and organisations were involved in the
various activities that have made the publishing of this volume possible.
Specifically we would like at the outset to thank Jeff Jarvis for his
enthusiasm for the project. We would also like to thank Greg Richards
and Julie Wilson, who, in editing The Global Nomad, gave us valuable
inspiration for the current volume and a tough act to follow. They have
also been active in the development of the BRG from its inception and
continue to provide guidance. The continued development of the BRG
owes much to the support of Leontine Onderwater of ATLAS, who
provides much needed administrative and organisational support. The
BRG meeting in Bangkokat Kasetsart University was of course crucial to
the development of this book and our thanks go to Nirundon Tapachai,
who organised and supported this in Thailand, as well as the Tourism
Authority of Thailand for its sponsorship. We would also like to thank
James Johnson, a research assistant at the University of Sunderland, for
his help in formatting the book and to other colleagues in our respective
departments for their warmth and support in our many endeavours.
Finally,thisbookwouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutthehardwork
of the members of the BRG and all of those that attended the meeting,
even if their work is not represented in this volume.
Kevin Hannam and Irena Ateljevic
Amsterdam and Sunderland, November 2006
viiiThe Contributors
Dr Irena Ateljevic, Associate Professor, Wagening