Backpacker Tourism: Concepts and Profiles

Based on a September 2005 meeting of the ATLAS Backpacker Research Group, this collection explores the nature and patterns of tourists who choose to travel by backpack, presenting both theoretical observations and empirical data. Topics of the 15 papers include the role of enclaves in the backpacker experience, the Lonely Planet myth, the backpacking journey of Israeli midlife women, and a comparison of backpacker accommodation facilities in Scotland and New Zealand. Distributed in the U.S. by UTP Distribution. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Professor Kevin Hannam is Professor of Tourism Development and Head of Tourism at the University of Sunderland, UK. He is the co-editor with Mimi Sheller and John Urry of the journal Mobilities. He has published widely on cultural geography and conceptual aspects of tourism development, with a particular empirical focus on India and Scandinavia. Dr

Irena Ateljevic is based within the Socio-Spatial Analysis Group at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. She is the co-editor of recent books on critical tourism including: Ateljevic, I. Morgan, N. and Pritchard, A. (2007) The Critical Turn in Tourism Studies: Exploring Innovative Methodologies (Elsevier Advanced Series); and Pritchard, A. Morgan, N. Ateljevic, I. and Harris, C. (2007) Tourism, Gender and Embodiment (CAB International). Her most recent research interest lies in analysing the political implications and powers surrounding the production of academic knowledge.