Chapter 3. Flashpacking in Fiji: Reframing the ‘Global Nomad’ in a Developing Destination

Jarvis, Jeff; Peel, Victoria

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“…These discursive deviations from ‘standardised’ backpacker characteristics represent a discursive struggle within backpacking texts, that pits the dominant discourse against those in the academic community who sought to disrupt contemporary understandings of the backpacker by presenting new practices they perceived to be masked in backpacker discourse. Researchers found cohorts of ‘humanistic backpackers’ (Uriely et al, 2002), ‘holiday hippies’ (Westerhausen, 2002), ‘conformist backpackers’ (Hottola, 2008), ‘flashpackers’ (Paris, 2012), ‘backpacker tourists’ (Bell, 2005), ‘youth train backpackers’ (Bae and Chick, 2016) and ‘study backpackers’ (Jarvis and Peel, 2005). These conceptualisations of backpackers are often short-lived, and are advanced by different authors identifying deviations from codified understanding of backpacking found in early backpacker research or practices bound within national cultures.…”

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From its drifter past to nomadic futures: future directions in backpacking research and practice

Regan

2021

Tourist Studies

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While the label ‘backpacker’ didn’t originate in 1990 when first presented at an academic conference by the late Philip L. Pearce, its usage rose within an emerging academic discourse community that established shared interests, sources of information, terminology, and methods of communication, along with a certain level of expertise and knowledge on the subject. While the community internationalised and embraced interdisciplinary approaches, a review of the academic scholarship points to the communities increasing instability, as differential authoritative voices conflict over discursive conventions that regulate our understanding of backpacking. While once conceptual and theoretical developments in backpacker research were built through subject level consensus, distinctions within the community point to new hierarchies, with their own particular schools of thought and reinterpretations. As disparities, incongruities and deviations in backpacker research output emerge, this overview explores current research directions and identifies paradoxes, challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

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From its drifter past to nomadic futures: future directions in backpacking research and practice

Regan

2021

Tourist Studies

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“…This is especially applicable to the travel form of backpacking. While the backpacker culture has evolved and changed over these past two decades, most notably with the emergence of flashpackers as older and more affluent travellers (Hannam & Diekmann, 2010;Jarvis & Peel, 2010;Paris, 2012), the importance of the social aspect for this form of travelling and the emphasis on interactions with both fellow travellers and host communities continues to remain an integral part of this travel style (e.g. Binder, 2004;Murphy, 2001;O'Reilly, 2006;Paris, 2012).…”

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Why the host community just isnt enough: Processes and impacts of backpacker social interactions

Reichenberger¹

2021

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© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. This research employs an extended social situation analysis to examine how social interactions of backpackers in New Zealand are manifested, how they can contribute to the visitor experience, to common travel motivations such as self-development and cultural exploration, and how they compare to and influence contacts with the host community. Results from 37 in-depth interviews indicate that backpacker interactions underlie strict rules and are based on a shared understanding of how they are to proceed in terms of conversation topics and personal elements. Certain settings and a positive relationship between interaction participants contribute to longer and more personal social interactions. These in turn are required for emotional well-being, which is why fellow backpackers often replace friends and family as a social support system. Due to the national diversity of backpacker travellers, these interactions also provide exposure to different cultures as well as opportunity for self-development. Contacts with the host community, however, have been reported to be more difficult to establish and were found to be less beneficial for backpackers who have to rely heavily on interaction partners who are social, desire to spend longer amounts of time and are willing to proceed to a more familiar level faster than non-travellers.

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“…This is especially applicable to the travel form of backpacking. While the backpacker culture has evolved and changed over these past decades, most notably with the emergence of flashpackers as older and more affluent travellers (Hannam and Diekmann, 2010; Jarvis and Peel, 2010; Paris, 2012), the importance of the social aspect for this form of travelling and the emphasis on interactions with both fellow travellers and host communities continue to remain an integral part of this travel style (e.g. Binder, 2004; Murphy, 2001; O’Reilly, 2006; Paris, 2012).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Why the host community just isn’t enough: Processes and impacts of backpacker social interactions

Reichenberger

2016

Tourist Studies

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This research employs an extended social situation analysis to examine how social interactions of backpackers in New Zealand are manifested, how they can contribute to the visitor experience, to common travel motivations such as self-development and cultural exploration, and how they compare to and influence contacts with the host community. Results from 37 in-depth interviews indicate that backpacker interactions underlie strict rules and are based on a shared understanding of how they are to proceed in terms of conversation topics and personal elements. Certain settings and a positive relationship between interaction participants contribute to longer and more personal social interactions. These in turn are required for emotional well-being, which is why fellow backpackers often replace friends and family as a social support system. Due to the national diversity of backpacker travellers, these interactions also provide exposure to different cultures as well as opportunity for self-development. Contacts with the host community, however, have been reported to be more difficult to establish and were found to be less beneficial for backpackers who have to rely heavily on interaction partners who are social, desire to spend longer amounts of time and are willing to proceed to a more familiar level faster than non-travellers.

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Chapter 3. Flashpacking in Fiji: Reframing the ‘Global Nomad’ in a Developing Destination

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From its drifter past to nomadic futures: future directions in backpacking research and practice

From its drifter past to nomadic futures: future directions in backpacking research and practice

Why the host community just isnt enough: Processes and impacts of backpacker social interactions

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