Backpacker Tourism : An Enhacer for Kerala Economy

By Wilson, Pudukkaden, Rappai, Dr.

Book Id: WPLBN0100751215
Format Type: PDF (eBook)
File Size: 26.52 MB.
Reproduction Date: 23/01/2026

Title:	Backpacker Tourism : An Enhacer for Kerala Economy
Author:	Wilson, Pudukkaden, Rappai, Dr.
Volume:	Volume 1
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Social Sciences, Tourism
Collections:	Authors Community, Adventure
Historic Publication Date:	2026
Publisher:	IIBM

Member Page:	vaikom abhilash
Citation APA MLA Chicago Pudukkaden Rappai Wilson, D. D., & Ravindran, A. (2026). Backpacker Tourism : An Enhacer for Kerala Economy. Retrieved from https://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
This book highlights how backpacker tourism can be profitably exploited using the existing infrastructure facilities or providing cheap group or individual accommodation using locally available cheap resources. In this context book explains how the hostel facilities of schools and colleges which used to be normally vacant during holidays and long vacations, can be used to provide cheap accommodation for promoting backpacker tourism

Summary
Among the mass tourists, there is a section of tourists who are identified as “Backpacker” tourists. They carry minimum luggage, usually a big baggage attached to their back with straps tied along their shoulders. The backpacker tourism originated in the west during the during the last decades of the 20th century and spread to other parts of the globe. This book highlights how backpacker tourism can be profitably exploited using the existing infrastructure facilities or providing cheap group or individual accommodation using locally available cheap resources. In this context book explains how the hostel facilities of schools and colleges which used to be normally vacant during holidays and long vacations, can be used to provide cheap accommodation for promoting backpacker tourism.