Backpackers and mainstreamers

Larsen, Svein; Øgaard, Torvald; Brun, Wibecke

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2011.01.003

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“…It can be assumed, therefore, that tourists traveling with the motivation of meeting people are also more likely to accept residents' offers of accommodation in times of crisis. Travel motivation is mainly linked to the question of why people travel and is an internal factor causing behavior (Larsen, Øgaard, and Brun 2011). Travel motivations are hypothesized to influence tourists' acceptance of residents' offers of support.…”

Section: Factors Driving Tourists' Acceptance Of Residents' Offersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Residents Open Their Homes to Tourists When Disaster Strikes

Hajibaba

Karlsson

Dolničar

2016

Journal of Travel Research

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Residents open their homes to tourists when disaster strikes AcknowledgementsWe thank the Australian Research Council (ARC) for support under grants DP110101347 (salary support) and DP120103352 (project support). We thank Tim Coltman and Dominik Ernst for their comments on previous version of this manuscript. AbstractResidents are key stakeholders of tourism destinations. Yet, to date, no study has investigated if and how residents can contribute to destination recovery when a disaster hits. The emergence of peer-to-peer networks offers an efficient platform for residents to open their homes to displaced tourists. Such help is particularly critical if key tourist infrastructure is severely damaged. But are residents willing to open their homes and help in other ways? The present study adopts a scenario-based survey research design, including Australians who live in tourism regions and Australian tourists. Results indicate that (1) segments of residents willing to support the tourism industry in disaster situations exist, and (2) tourists are willing to accept residents' offers of support. The more immediate the emergency, the higher the willingness to help and accept help. These insights point to the potential of involving residents in destination recovery efforts.

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Section: Factors Driving Tourists' Acceptance Of Residents' Offersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Residents Open Their Homes to Tourists When Disaster Strikes

Hajibaba

Karlsson

Dolničar

2016

Journal of Travel Research

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“…Cohen [120] makes it clear that while most backpackers are young (between 20 and 30), older backpackers certainly exist, and their motivations and journey lengths tend to differ from those of the young. Larsen, Øgaard, and Brun [121] point out that backpackers do not fall within a clearly defined age range; in support of their argument they cite the research carried out by Elsrud [122] on backpackers aged between 18 and 71.…”

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Young Tourists and Sustainability. Profiles, Attitudes, and Implications for Destination Strategies

Buffa

2015

Sustainability

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Global trends highlight the growing tourist interest in authentic and sustainable holiday experiences. Designing strategies that enable destinations to catch this tourist segment is, therefore, becoming more and more important for competitiveness. A long-term outlook calls into question the "next generation" of actual and potential tourists, i.e., young people: understanding their attitude towards sustainability is paramount to drive tourism development in a direction which is coherent to the forthcoming demand. Drawing from an ad hoc survey of 1156 members of the largest Italian association of student and youth tourism, this contribution (a) discusses youth attitudes towards sustainability, their travel motivations and behavior (b) identifies different profiles of young tourists with reference to sustainability. By using characteristics and dimensions linked with "harder ecotourists" we identify hard path young tourists (HPYT) and soft path young tourists (SPYT). The findings confirm young people's interest in certain dimensions of sustainability and the influence this interest has on their decision-making processes, motivations, and behaviors. HPYT and SPYT are profiles which should be considered in destination strategies: the strong sensitivity of HPYT to sustainability suggests the possibility of creating offers that optimize the unique features of a territory.

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“…The main reason for this is conformance of accommodation facilities and ambience of hostels to backpackers' needs. One of the most common characteristics used by scholars for backpackers' identification is budget travelling and, therefore, budget accommodation (Loker-Murphy, Pearce 1995; Nash et al 2006;Larsen et al 2011), there is also a strong emphasis on meeting and socializing with other travelers as well as locals (Loker-Murphy, Pearce 1995;Murphy 2001;Sorensen 2003;Nash et al 2006), flexibility in travel planning (Uriely et al 2002;Welk 2004;Nash et al 2006), tendency to have long vacations and engagement in informal and participatory activities (Loker-Murphy, Pearce 1995). Therefore, backpackers are characterized by a set of distinctive features that enables researches not only to distinguish them from tourists (Welk 2004), but even recognize them as a subculture (Power 2010).…”

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“…Therefore, backpackers are characterized by a set of distinctive features that enables researches not only to distinguish them from tourists (Welk 2004), but even recognize them as a subculture (Power 2010). The scope of studies on backpackers' culture embraces such issues as travel motivations and risk concerns (Larsen et al 2011), origins of backpackers (Welk 2004), approaches to identity (Maoz 2007), backpacker enclaves (Wilson, Richards 2008), sustainability of backpacker tourism (Purvis 2008). Recently some of researchers have argued development of a new sub-cultural group within backpackers -flashpackers (Hannam, Diekmann 2010;Jarvis, Peel 2010;Paris 2012).…”

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Creativity in Hospitality Industry: Study of Hostels in St. Petersburg

Borovskaya

Dedova

2014

Coactivity: Philosophy, Communication

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The aim of this study is to explore dimensions of creativity in hostels managerial practices taking the example of St. Petersburg. Within the study 72 semi-structured interviews were conducted with owners and employees of hostels during October-November 2012. The findings of the study identify four main managerial activities as key elements of creativity in hostels. They are: targeted recruitment, segmentation of customers, organization of space, and organization of communications both with internal and external stakeholders.

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Backpackers and mainstreamers

Cited by 89 publications

References 46 publications

Residents Open Their Homes to Tourists When Disaster Strikes

Residents Open Their Homes to Tourists When Disaster Strikes

Young Tourists and Sustainability. Profiles, Attitudes, and Implications for Destination Strategies

Creativity in Hospitality Industry: Study of Hostels in St. Petersburg

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