TY - BOOK ID - 134590202 TI - Beyond Backpacker Tourism : Mobilities and Experiences AU - Diekmann, Anya, AU - Hannam, Kevin, PY - 2010 SN - 1845411900 1282656899 9786612656897 1845411323 PB - Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications, DB - UniCat KW - Backpacking. KW - Tourism. KW - alternative destinations. KW - backpacker culture. KW - experience. KW - flashpackers. KW - lifestyle travellers. KW - mobilities. KW - volunteer tourism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134590202 AB - 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. 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. ER -