Global Nomad

Greg Richards is lecturer in leisure studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, and currently a research fellow at the Interarts Observatory for Culture and Tourism in Barcelona. Julie Wilson is Research Fellow with the Centre for Environment and Planning, University of the West of England, Bristol (UK) although currently a Batista i Roca Fellow with the Department of Geography, Universitat Rovira i Virgil, Tarragona and Visiting Fellow, Universitat de Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain).

• PART 1: INTRODUCTION 1. Drifting Towards the Global Nomad - Greg Richards and Julie Wilson2. The Global Nomad: Motivations and Behaviour of Independent Travellers Worldwide - Greg Richards and Julie Wilson PART 2: BACKPACKING AS A (POST)MODERN PHENOMENON 3. Backpacking: Diversity and Change - Erik Cohen4. Theoretical Encounters - Irena Ateljevic  & Steven Doorne 5. The Beaten Track: Anti-Tourism as an Element of Backpacker Identity Construction - Peter Welk 6.The Whole Point of Backpacking - Jana Binder 7. The Conquerors and the Settlers - Darya Maoz 8. Backpacker Icons: Influential Literary ‘Nomads’ in the Formation of Backpacker Identities - Julie Wilson & Greg Richards PART 3: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GLOBAL NOMAD 9. Backpacking in Scotland - Clare Speed and Tony Harrison10. Profiling the International Backpacker Market in Australia - Lee Slaughter11. Backpackers: Nomads Join the Mainstream? - Malcolm Cooper, Kieran O’Mahony & Patricia Erfurt 12. Destination-Based Product Selections by International Backpackers in Australia - Denise Kain & Brian King 13. Setting Out on the Road Less Travelled: A Study of Backpacker Travel in New Zealand - Ken Newlands 14. Backpacker Transport Choice - Paul VanceCONCLUSIONS 15. Widening Perspectives in Backpacker Research - Greg Richards & Julie Wilson