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Motivations of backpackers in the Cape Coast-Elmina Conurbation, Ghana [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2013 Research has shown that the backpacker market is one of the tourism markets that economically benefit local communities than the conventional market or mass tourists.
Frederick Dayour
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Travel Health Knowledge and Perception of Foreign Backpackers Traveling in Bali
Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat, 2021 International travel to a country has potentially carry health risks for travelers, including backpackers. To date, little is known about Travel Health knowledge and perception among foreign backpackers traveling to Bali.
Ni Made Dian Kurniasari +3 more
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Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies, 2023 Dave Eggers’s You Shall Know Our Velocity (2002) can be read as a (post) modern voice in the ongoing debate on educational, transformative and redemptive po- tential of foreign travel for the young Americans in the late 1990s.
Małgorzata Rutkowska
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Challenging Hostel User Typologies: Motivations and Mobilities in Norway [PDF]
In current academic literature hostels have frequently been identified as the primary mode of accommodation for young budget travellers, most notably in the form of backpackers.
Butler, Gareth
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Developing a Model of Backpackers’ Exploratory Curiosity [PDF]
Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2021 Purpose – While curiosity is a critical factor in motivating human exploratory behaviors across domains, past studies are yet to explore the exploratory curiosity construct in the context of backpacking.
Kuan-Yu Chen, Yu-Lun Hsu
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Virus in motion: notas sobre turismo mochileiro em tempos de pandemia
Argumentos, 2023 This article discusses some of the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic among backpackers: individuals who seek to make their trips based on “independence” from tourist agencies, flexibility of itineraries, longer time in transit, “lean ...
Igor Monteiro Silva
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Mycoplasma genitalium in the Far North Queensland backpacker population: An observational study of prevalence and azithromycin resistance. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BACKGROUND:Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and a common cause of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU). There is concern regarding the rise in prevalence of M.
Thomas Trevis +5 more
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International backpackers' experiences of precarious visa-contingent farmwork
, 2021 Purpose: Australia's agricultural industry has become highly dependent on young low-cost, overseas 'working holiday' visa workers known as 'backpackers', who are notoriously subject to exploitative workplace practices.
McDonald, Nicole +2 more
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Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 2018 An increasing gap has been seen between the government food assistance programs and those who need help. One program filling the gap is Feeding America's BackPack Program that provides nutritious food to children to eat on the weekends when they may not have access to adequate food.
Wright, Lauri, Epps, James B.
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BMJ Open, 2011 Aim To estimate the population attributable risk (PAR) for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in young men and women in Sydney, Australia.Method Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the association between demographic, sexual behaviour and ...
Rebecca Guy +3 more
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