Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 From Backpacking to Flashpacking: Developments in Backpacker Tourism Research -- Chapter 2 Not Such a Rough or Lonely Planet? Backpacker Tourism: An Academic Journey -- Chapter 3 Flashpacking in Fiji: Reframing the 'Global Nomad' in a Developing Destination -- Chapter 4 The Virtualization of Backpacker Culture: Virtual Mooring, Sustained Interactions and Enhanced Mobilities -- Chapter 5 Reconceptualising Lifestyle Travellers: Contemporary 'Drifters' -- Chapter 6 Backpacker Hostels: Place and Performance -- Chapter 7 Euro-railing: A Mobile-ethnography of Backpacker Train Travel -- Chapter 8 Budget Backpackers Testing Comfort Zones in Mongolia -- Chapter 9 Lesbian Backpacker Travel Experiences in New Zealand -- Chapter 10 Backpackers as Volunteer Tourists: Evidence from Tanzania -- Chapter 11 Backpackers in Norway: Landscapes, Ties and Platforms -- Chapter 12 Town of 1770, Australia - The Creation of a New Backpacker Brand -- Chapter 13 A Clash of Cultures or Definitions? Complexity and Backpacker Tourism in Residential Communities -- Chapter 14 Towards Strategic Planning for an Emerging Backpacker Tourism Destination: The South African Experience -- References.