<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The following article discusses the differences between backpackers and mass tourists. Its objective is to describe the nature of backpacking trips and to present the dependencies between the course of a trip, the reasons for taking the trip and the nationality of the respondents. The study is based on the results of a survey carried out among backpackers from Israel, Japan, Poland and Germany. Well-defined differences were revealed by the responses given by the Israeli and Japanese backpackers.</p></abstract>

The following article discusses the differences between backpackers and mass tourists. Its objective is to describe the nature of backpacking trips and to present the dependencies between the course of a trip, the reasons for taking the trip and the nationality of the respondents. The study is based on the results of a survey carried out among backpackers from Israel, Japan, Poland and Germany. Well-defined differences were revealed by the responses given by the Israeli and Japanese backpackers.

Description and course of backpacking trips depending on the nationality of the tourists

Institute of Regional and Global Studies,Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies,University of Warsaw

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The following article discusses the differences between backpackers and mass tourists. Its objective is to describe the nature of backpacking trips and to...

Description and course of backpacking trips depending on the nationality of the tourists

Data publikacji: 18 paź 2012

Zakres stron: 36 - 42

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10288-012-0020-7

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