Suspending reality: An exploration of enclaves and the backpacker experience

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-202

  Wilson, Julie ^a,b   Richards, Greg ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c Tourism Research and Marketing   (Spain)

Author keywords

Backpacker experience; Culture shock; Enclaves; Reversal; Suspension

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; ENCLAVE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; THAILAND;

EID: 41749094731     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cit371.0     Document Type: Article

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