03159oam 2200661I 450 991045256560332120200520144314.00-203-54730-61-299-48081-01-135-93301-410.4324/9780203547304 (CKB)2550000001020267(EBL)1172890(OCoLC)842882886(SSID)ssj0000873300(PQKBManifestationID)11475117(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000873300(PQKBWorkID)10866795(PQKB)10931149(OCoLC)842396315(MiAaPQ)EBC1172890(Au-PeEL)EBL1172890(CaPaEBR)ebr10689992(CaONFJC)MIL479331(EXLCZ)99255000000102026720180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBackpacker tourism and economic development perspectives from the less developed world /Mark P. HamptonAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (185 p.)Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility ;38Description based upon print version of record.0-415-59418-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 What is backpacker tourism?; 2 Cultural and social aspects of backpackers; 3 Who wins, who loses? Backpacker tourism and economic development; 4 Guest houses and tattoo parlours: backpackers in cities; 5 The beach and Full Moon Parties: backpackers at the coast; 6 Policy implications and conclusions; Appendix; Notes; References; IndexThere has been a phenomenal growth of backpacker tourism from the overland routes to India in the 1960s, to present-day backpacker tourism across the less developed world. As a result there has been significant economic development impacts of backpacker tourism upon local communities especially in areas with the largest concentrations of backpackers (South and South-East Asia particularly Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and India), as well as increasingly in Latin America.This volume provides a focused review of the economic development impacts of backpacker tourism in developing regioContemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ;38.BackpackingDeveloping countriesTourismDeveloping countriesEconomic developmentDeveloping countriesDeveloping countriesEconomic conditionsElectronic books.BackpackingTourismEconomic development796.5109172/4Hampton Mark P.944308MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452565603321Backpacker tourism and economic development2131682UNINA