FLASHPACKERS: An Emerging Sub-Culture?

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1094-1115

  Paris, Cody Morris ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cognitive anthropology; Facebook; Flashpacking; Information technology; Social media

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL RELATIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MASS MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84859945955     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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