Backpacker Tourism and Economic Development: Perspectives from the Less Developed World

ISBN-10: 1135933081

ISBN-13: 9781135933081

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mark P. Hampton

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Rent eBooks

180 day rental: $32.98 Expiration date: 10/20/2024

365 day rental: $38.97 Expiration date: 4/23/2025

Buy eBooks

Buy eBook: $59.95

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

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…

Book details

Publisher: Routledge
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 184