The backpacker tourist : a contemporary perspective

• Main Authors: Martins, Márcio Ribeiro (Author), Costa, Rui Augusto da (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
• Series: The tourist experience
• Subjects: Backpacking.; Tourists.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781802622577
• DOI: 10.1108/9781802622553
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (140 pages).

Previously viewed as a relatively small group of errant travellers rooted in counter-cultural ideas, backpackers have now become a powerful tourist sector of predominantly young travellers, planning and preparing their own trips, and looking for direct cultural contact, novelty and spontaneity all a...