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Understanding the new backpackers: a literature review
| Resumo: | Backpackers are usually described as a group of young - budget travellers, however new paradigms of travel industry points out to an emerging demand. This paper aims to identify and to understand the new backpacker's demand, through a literature review based in travel history marks and recent academic background. Investigation was conducted through content analysis method, and the result leads to a new and multi-faceted demand of backpackers, that is not limited to budget or age.Instead new backpackers: follow new concepts of youth (are 20-40 years old or more), consider travelas part of their lifestyle, are technology-mediated and search for meaningful experiences. |
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| Autores principais: | Veríssimo, Medéia |
| Outros Autores: | Costa, Carlos |
| Assunto: | Mochileiros novo turismo turismo jovem millennials comportamento do consumidor tendências em turismo Backpackers new tourism youth tourism millennials consumer behavior trends in tourism |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Aveiro |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento |
| Resumo: | Backpackers are usually described as a group of young - budget travellers, however new paradigms of travel industry points out to an emerging demand. This paper aims to identify and to understand the new backpacker's demand, through a literature review based in travel history marks and recent academic background. Investigation was conducted through content analysis method, and the result leads to a new and multi-faceted demand of backpackers, that is not limited to budget or age.Instead new backpackers: follow new concepts of youth (are 20-40 years old or more), consider travelas part of their lifestyle, are technology-mediated and search for meaningful experiences. |
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