The presence of backpacking tourism in Europe

Abstract

Global tourism is characterized by constant change. New forms of tourism and various types of tour- ist movements are emerging, while the number of tourists is constantly increasing and now it sur- passes one billion. What considerably contributes to the increase in tourist traffic is low-budget travel. Backpacking is such form of travel. It is mostly present among young population that wants to travel in order to experience authentic adventures and learn about the local culture, far from typical tourist paths. Backpackers aim to see as much as possible for small amounts of money. The process of globali- zation has contributed to the fact that the phenomenon of backpacking is present all around the globe. In order to determine the presence of backpacking in Europe and some important characteristics of this type of travel there has been conducted a survey via the Internet. The results showed that young Euro- peans are informed of this way of tourist movements and they make the majority of the participants in backpacking tourism. In the years to come the number of people in the world involved in these types of journeys will grow, which will lead to the need for a more detailed analysis of backpacking worldwide.