LEADER 03211oam 2200685I 450 001 9910964681303321 005 20251116180852.0 010 $a1-135-93308-1 010 $a0-203-54730-6 010 $a1-299-48081-0 010 $a1-135-93301-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203547304 035 $a(CKB)2550000001020267 035 $a(EBL)1172890 035 $a(OCoLC)842882886 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000873300 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11475117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000873300 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10866795 035 $a(PQKB)10931149 035 $a(OCoLC)842396315 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1172890 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1172890 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10689992 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL479331 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB132935 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001020267 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBackpacker tourism and economic development $eperspectives from the less developed world /$fMark P. Hampton 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (185 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility ;$v38 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-59418-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aThere has been a phenomenal growth of backpacker tourism from the overland routes to India in the 1960s, to present-day backpacker tourism across the less developed world. As a result there has been significant economic development impacts of backpacker tourism upon local communities especially in areas with the largest concentrations of backpackers (South and South-East Asia particularly Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and India), as well as increasingly in Latin America.This volume provides a focused review of the economic development impacts of backpacker tourism in developing regio 410 0$aContemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ;$v38. 606 $aBackpacking$zDeveloping countries 606 $aTourism$zDeveloping countries 606 $aEconomic development$zDeveloping countries 607 $aDeveloping countries$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aBackpacking 615 0$aTourism 615 0$aEconomic development 676 $a796.5109172/4 700 $aHampton$b Mark P.$01875577 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964681303321 996 $aBackpacker tourism and economic development$94486721 997 $aUNINA