Backpacking is a cheap and self-contained journey. This includes the use of backpacks that are easy to carry for long distances or long periods of time; use of public transport; cheap lodgings like youth hostels; often longer trip durations when compared to conventional holidays; and usually the interest of meeting the locals as well as seeing the sights.
Backpacking can include outdoor adventure, local travel and travel to neighboring countries while working from the country in which they are located. The definition of a backpacker has evolved as travelers from different cultures and regions participate in the trend. A paper in 2007 says "backpackers are a heterogeneous group with respect to the diversity of reasons and meanings inherent in their travel experiences and they also demonstrate a shared commitment to an unorganized form of travel, which is the center of their self-identification as a backpacker." Backpacking, as lifestyle and as a business, has grown tremendously in the 2000s because of cheap airlines and hostels or budget accommodation in many parts of the world.
Visa laws in many countries such as Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom allow backpackers with limited visas to work and support themselves while they are in these countries. This allows these backpackers to earn money while traveling to support their financial journey.
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Histori
The Italian adventurer of the seventeenth century Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri has been suggested as one of the world's first backpackers.
While people have traveled for hundreds of years with their possessions on their backs, the modern concept of backpacking can be traced, at least in part, to the footprint of the 1960s and 70s Hippies, which in turn follow parts of the old Silk Road. Some backpackers follow the same trail today.
Over the past few decades, backpackers have traveled to Southeast Asia in large numbers that have caused popular Thai islands and some previously sleepy cities in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos to be transformed by tourist flows. Backpacking in Europe, South America, Central America, Australia and New Zealand is also becoming more popular and there are several tramped routes around the world that are likely to be followed by backpackers.
Technological developments and improvements have contributed to changes in backpacking. Traditionally, backpackers have not traveled with expensive electronic equipment such as laptop computers, digital cameras, and cell phones due to concerns about theft, damage, and additional baggage weight. However, the desire to stay connected, coupled with a breakthrough in light electronics, has spawned a trend called "flashpacking".
Backpackers traditionally carry their belongings in a 30 liter to 60 liter backpack, but wheeled suitcases and some less traditional method of transportation have become more common, and there has been a tendency to keep weights below the carry-on limit of 7 kg. most airlines.
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Culture
Important for some backpackers is a sense of authenticity. Backpacking is considered more of a holiday, but a means of education. Backpackers wants to experience a "real" destination rather than a package version often associated with mass tourism, which has led to the statement that anti-tourist backpackers. For many young people in Northern Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel, backpacking is a ritual. In Canada, it is very common for students of the gap year to visit Europe. Backpackers rarely comes from China, India, the United States, Japan, and South Korea, primarily because of its large population, calculated by visa restrictions; However, this also gradually became more popular among the rich of these countries. Backpacking trips are traditionally done both in "year-end" between high school and university, or between the last and commencement of work. However, the average age of backpackers has increased gradually over time, and it is now more common to see people in their 30s, 40s, and even older to backpacks during extended career pauses. Some retirees enjoy backpacking.
Criticism
Backpacking has been criticized, with some criticism dating back to travelers behavior along the Hippie Trail. For example, host nations and other travelers may disagree with backpacker action. However, the perception of backpackers seems to have increased as backpacking has become more common. Another criticism is that although one of the main purposes of backpacking is to search for "genuine," the majority of backpackers spend most of their time interacting with other backpackers, and interaction with the locals is "secondary importance."
Planning and Research
Planning and research can be an important part of backpacking, aided by such guides from companies such as Lonely Planet and Rough Guides, books by travel writers like Rick Steves, and various digital and online resources such as Wikivoyage. Resources provide information on topics such as language, culture, food, and history. They also provide a list of accommodations and eating places, along with key location maps. Digital format guidebooks are becoming more popular, especially since the advent of smart phones and lightweight netbooks and laptops.
Variant
The term used to describe backpacking with more money and resources including flashpacking, flash , as preferred, with backpacking > poshpacking, a combination of luxury , informal high-end adjectives, and backpacking .
A trend nicknamed "begpacking" (emerged and backpacking ) appeared in the mid-2010s, where travelers supported their journey by pleading on the road and fundraising in online. This trend has attracted criticism to take money from people who really need it.
See also
- Adventure tour
- Great Tour
- Hostelling International
- Walking tour
- Tour of mixed-field cycles
- Travel Packages
References
External links
- Backpacking in Curlie (based on DMOZ)
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