Description: About this Item The item is a book Hardback The Author Name is Rui Costa The Title is The Backpacker Tourist : A contemporary perspective Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 144. Binding type - Hardcover. Content Language - English Category - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & To BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior HEALTH & FITNESS / Mental Health Product Description - 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 around the globe. The Backpacker Tourist: A contemporary perspective explores the increasing number of people traveling around the world as backpackers and analyses the great diversification of this demographic and their varied experiences while traveling. Martins and Costa highlight the conflicting interpretations in the literature on backpackers and the comparative reflexion between Western and the growing number of Eastern backpackers, particularly relating to their travel motivations and the way they experience destinations. The Backpacker Tourist presents new perspectives to researchers of Tourism Studies and the Sociology of Travel, but also to those who looking for a synthetical, contemporary and critical analysis of contemporary backpacker tourists. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift Ideas This is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of Service We have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 166728432
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Fiction/Non-Fiction: Non-Fiction
Genre/Subject: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & To
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Title: The Backpacker Tourist A contemporary perspective
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Weight: 0.37
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
Publication Name: Backpacker Tourist : a Contemporary Perspective
Language: English
Publisher: Emerald Publishing The Limited
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Earth Sciences / Geography, Consumer Behavior, Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
Item Weight: 11.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Rui Augusto Da Costa, Márcio Ribeiro Martins
Subject Area: Science, Business & Economics
Item Width: 6 in
Series: The Tourist Experience Ser.
Format: Hardcover