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

• Authors: Małgorzata Brzózka

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

Backpacking; survey method; Japan; Israel; Poland; Germany

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 36-42

Dates

published

2012

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Brzózka

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

translator

Agata Staszewska

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