Backpacker turisme: en sammenlignende analyse

Compare the views of tourism expressed in text 2 with those of some of the other texts

The stance in the article “Backpackers hit the tourist trail” (text 2) is that the backpackers are not as exploring as they give themselves out to be. The backpackers own definition of being a backpacker is to travel round the world, meeting new cultures and finding oneself by living in a foreign way with other standards of society.

According to the article, the backpackers are in reality just meeting each others in the so-called “abroad” places they visit. They are eating the same junk food they eat at home and gather to drink and smoke so actually it does not matter if they are going abroad or just stay at home. – They hit the tourist trail.

In “Wanderlust” (text 1) we become familiar with the first-hand view of a backpacker who, in point of reference to an experience from France, argues for what he loves about traveling. Contrary to what text 2 says about today’s’ backpackers, he mentions his experiences from backpacking as giving and educational. He loves the excitement of meeting new people from a totally different culture because the fact that he is a foreign person makes him notice and enjoy ever little detail in the society, and therefore it feels more real than at home. In text 2 Heba Aziz, a lecturer in tourism from Roehampton Institute in London, uses an example from the beach town Dahab in Egypt where the sea front has been build up with bars and cafes with international names to attract the tourist, and it also attracts the backpackers. She maintains that backpackers do not experience the local culture or meet local people, but instead they mix with ordinary tourists.