Backpackers—What is the Peak Experience?

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 93-98

  Ryan, Chris ^a   Trauer, Birgit ^b   Kave, Jenny ^c   Sharma, Arti ^c   Sharma, Sanjay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

adventure tourism; Backpackers; New Zealand; tourist experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547721278     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2003.11081421     Document Type: Article

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