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Backpacking’s future and its drifter past

Michael O'Regan

Journal of Tourism Futures, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 193 - 204

Swansea University Author: Michael O'Regan

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DOI (Published version): 10.1108/jtf-04-2018-0019

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to deconstruct the backpacker label by reconstructing it using the historical antecedent of drifting. Following the deconstruction of backpacking’s near past, the author build a clearer conceptual foundation for backpacking’s future.Design/methodology/approachThe...

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ISSN: 2055-5911
Published: Emerald 2018
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