Backpackers: The need for reconceptualisation

Frederick Dayour; Albert N. Kimbu; Sangwon Park

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2017.06.004

Backpackers: The need for reconceptualisation

Frederick Dayour
, Albert N. Kimbu
, Sangwon Park

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Abstract

Indubitably, an eclectic body of academic literature exists on backpacking dating back from the start of the 1990s. However, the characterisation of backpackers in several studies points evidently to incongruities among researchers. Consequently, there is as yet no standard operational criteria for defining backpackers. Ergo, this paper reviews the existing literature in tourism and rouses the need to rethink the definition of a backpacker for valid data gathering.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-193
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of Tourism Research
Volume	66
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2017.06.004
Publication status	Published - Sept 2017

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Keywords

Backpackers
Definitional criteria
Flashpackers
Reconceptualisation

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