Global Nomad - Backpacker Travel in Theory and Practice

Informationen zum Autor Greg Richards is lecturer in leisure studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, and currently a research fellow at the Interarts Observatory for Culture and Tourism in Barcelona. Julie Wilson is Research Fellow with the Centre for Environment and Planning, University of the West of England, Bristol (UK) although currently a Batista i Roca Fellow with the Department of Geography, Universitat Rovira i Virgil, Tarragona and Visiting Fellow, Universitat de Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). Klappentext Backpackers have shifted from the margins of the travel industry into the spotlight. This book explores the international backpacker phenomenon and includes different disciplinary perspectives on its meaning, impact and significance. Links are made between theory and practice, setting backpacking in its wider social, cultural and economic context.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Greg Richards, Dr Greg Richards, Greg Richards
• Con la collaborazione di: Richards (Editore), Dr Greg Richards (Editore), Greg Richards (Editore), Wilson (Editore), Dr Julie Wilson (Editore), Julie Wilson (Editore)
• Editore: Multilingual Matters
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.03.2004
• EAN: 9781873150764
• ISBN: 978-1-873150-76-4
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 211 mm x 18 mm
• Serie: Tourism and Cultural Change; Tourism and Cultural Change
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata