Flashpacking and automobility

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 739-752

  Butler, Gareth ^a,c   Hannam, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

backpackers; flashpackers; independent tourists; mobility; Norway; qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

NORWAY;

EID: 84906502137     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2013.783793     Document Type: Article

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