Backpacker Tourism and Economic Development

Perspectives from the Less Developed World

Mark P. Hampton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-08187-1 (ISBN)

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There 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 regions furthering knowledge on how backpacker tourism can play a crucial role in development strategies in these areas. First, it reviews the origins of the backpackers with a detailed examination of their "hippy" predecessors on the overland trail, before discussing the emergence of modern backpackers including social and cultural aspects, and how new technologies are changing their experience. It then analyses the powerful economic development impacts of backpackers on local host communities in cities and rural areas with a special focus on coastal destinations. Extensive case study material is used from backpacker destinations across Asia, Latin America and Africa. In doing so the book provides original insights into how backpacker tourism is highly significant for poverty alleviation and effective local development since it has strong linkages to the local economy, and less economic leakage than conventional tourism.

Written by a leading academic in this area, this volume will be of interest to students of Tourism and Development Studies.

Mark P. Hampton is Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management at the University of Kent, and Director of the Centre for Tourism in Islands and Coastal Areas (CENTICA).

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

Erscheinungsdatum	23.06.2017
Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white; 10 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-08187-6 / 1138081876
ISBN-13	978-1-138-08187-1 / 9781138081871
Zustand	Neuware