Paper Topic:

Are the dangers of backpacking through europe worth the cultural experience recieved?

Annotated Bibliography

UWE Researcher Investigates Backpackers Sub-Culture ' Press Office University of

the West of England . 28 June 2002 HYPERLINK "http /info .uwe .ac .uk /news /uwenews /article .asp ?item 251 year 2002 http /info .uwe .ac .uk /news /uwenews /article .asp ?item 251 year 2002

This is a report on a research by Dr Julie Wilson , a researcher at the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of the West of England . Dr Wilson considers backpacking a sub-culture and has examined the phenomenon in detail discovering that there are different styles

of backpackers as well as backpacker rituals . She says that modern backpackers are more independent and organised than those from the past They no longer trail around solo using different kinds of transport , but fly to big cities with a considerable amount of money , a guidebook and some e-mail addresses . In this globalised world , they tend to get together with other backpackers to share experiences and , in some way to create a psychophysical safe haven , a way to feel at home

Dr Wilson is part of the Association of Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS . This source is connected to the following two sources in this bibliography where those dangers listed by the Backpacking Research Programme are considered

Hottola , Petri . The Social Psychological Interface of Tourism and Independent Travel

Backpacker Tourism : Concepts and Pros . Channel View Publications , 2007

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