Sökning: "Backpacker tourism"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden Backpacker tourism.

1. 1. Land Rover BackPacker : A minimal travel vehicle

   Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Författare :Edwin Senger; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Future; mobility; shared; service; tourism; adventure; Land Rover; sustainable; sustainability;

   Sammanfattning : How can reductionism lead to a greater experience and add to the appeal of a product? The Land Rover BackPacker is a minimalistic travel vehicle that questions the space and the complexity needed in a vehicle while exploring the world 4x4 inspired by the necessity of reduction in today's consumerist world to fight climate change and the freedom of travelling light. Its open design creates an interactive space with it's surroundings for 2 people which is created in a multifunctional approach to be more then a car but a space to hang out and a place to sleep in the wild. LÄS MER

3. 2. Autenticitet inom backpacking : En studie som undersöker autenticitet och hedonism inom backpacking

   Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Turismvetenskap

   Författare :Martina Persson; Rashid Yakhyaev; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Autenticitet; autencitet; backpacking; turism; authenticity; tourism; backpackers; hedonism;

   Sammanfattning : Denna studie undersöker autenticitet och hedonism inom backpacking. Postmodernismen har lett till en homogenisering gällandede destinationer som backpackers besöker och aktiviteter de utför. Autentiska upplevelser blir således svårare att hitta samt urskilja på grund av den rådande massturismen. LÄS MER

4. 3. Backpacker Tourism and Local Community Development: An Analysis of Hostels as Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Författare :Gayani Siriwardena; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Backpacker tourism; Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice; Hostels; Livelihoods; Local communities; Networks; Poverty reduction; Sri Lanka; Tourism industry policy framework; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is an attempt to understand if hostels, being an essential component of the infrastructural support for backpacker tourism have been instrumental in lifting up local communities in light of socio-economic development. The analysis strives to explore not only the contours of change in the community level but also the changes in the institutions and structures within which the tourism industry operates to understand how the hostel communities create their own structures through exercising power, which is a manifestation of how capitals are accumulated and transformed. LÄS MER

5. 4. Backpacker Institutionalization : Towards an Experience-Based Typology

   Master-uppsats, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

   Författare :Martin Wallstam; [2011]
   Nyckelord :tourism; drifter; backpacking; institutionalization; sustainability; experience; ethnography; typology;

   Sammanfattning : Backpacking is becoming an increasingly commonplace rite of passage for today’s independent travellers. So much so that it is not only a small niche segment anymore but is turning into  a sizeable market for some destinations. Backpackers seem to lead the way into unexploited regions,subsequently opening the door for other forms of tourism. LÄS MER

7. 5. Backpacking in Ecuador : Identity, Travel style and motivation

   Master-uppsats, Kultur, samhälle, mediegestaltning

   Författare :Juliane Bernstein; [2009]
   Nyckelord :backpacker; backpacking; Ecuador; tourism; travelling; identity; travelstyle; motivation.;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis discusses the backpacking culture in Ecuador. It proposes a clarification of the issue and discusses the problem from two perspectives. Questions are raised about the backpacking identity, the backpacking travel style and how they use given facilities in the host country. LÄS MER