Intimate encounters: The embodied transnationalism of backpackers and independent travellers

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-22

  Allon, Fiona ^a   Anderson, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect; Backpackers; Cultural intimacy; Embodiment; Independent travellers; Irish backpackers; Tourism; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATIONALISM; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SUBURBAN AREA; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 73349114337     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.574     Document Type: Article

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