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Article: “I recycle, I turn out the lights”: understanding the everyday sustainability practices of backpackers
Title | “I recycle, I turn out the lights”: understanding the everyday sustainability practices of backpackers |
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Keywords | Australia backpacking economic sustainability everyday practices mixed methods social sustainability |
Issue Date | 2015 |
Citation | Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2015, v. 23, n. 4, p. 577-599 How to Cite? |
Abstract | © 2015, © 2014 Taylor & Francis. As holidays merge more intimately with the everyday lives of an increasing number of people, questions of sustainability in tourism contexts become ever more urgent. Using the concept of everyday practices, in which sustainability is thought to emerge in the routines of people going about their day-to-day lives, this mixed-method study aimed to understand how sustainability figures in the practices, of backpackers. Findings revealed sustainability to be of minimal concern to most backpackers who nevertheless performed a range of sustainable practices but unintentionally. Environmental sustainability was practised via reduced resource consumption and waste, economic sustainability by working and spending more money overall than other tourist types, and social sustainability through demonstrating cultural respect and community participation. The main factors encouraging sustainable practices amongst backpackers were their low-budget focus and their use as a labour source by industries that require temporary and flexible workers. When backpackers were employed, each facet of sustainability became mutually reinforcing. The results of this study are in contrast to usual perceptions of tourism as a time in which norms of sustainable behaviour are suspended, as backpacking was found to provide opportunities for the performance of more sustainable practices compared to home. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/260212 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.822 |
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dc.contributor.author | Iaquinto, Benjamin Lucca | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-12T02:00:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-12T02:00:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2015, v. 23, n. 4, p. 577-599 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0966-9582 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/260212 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2015, © 2014 Taylor & Francis. As holidays merge more intimately with the everyday lives of an increasing number of people, questions of sustainability in tourism contexts become ever more urgent. Using the concept of everyday practices, in which sustainability is thought to emerge in the routines of people going about their day-to-day lives, this mixed-method study aimed to understand how sustainability figures in the practices, of backpackers. Findings revealed sustainability to be of minimal concern to most backpackers who nevertheless performed a range of sustainable practices but unintentionally. Environmental sustainability was practised via reduced resource consumption and waste, economic sustainability by working and spending more money overall than other tourist types, and social sustainability through demonstrating cultural respect and community participation. The main factors encouraging sustainable practices amongst backpackers were their low-budget focus and their use as a labour source by industries that require temporary and flexible workers. When backpackers were employed, each facet of sustainability became mutually reinforcing. The results of this study are in contrast to usual perceptions of tourism as a time in which norms of sustainable behaviour are suspended, as backpacking was found to provide opportunities for the performance of more sustainable practices compared to home. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Sustainable Tourism | - |
dc.subject | Australia | - |
dc.subject | backpacking | - |
dc.subject | economic sustainability | - |
dc.subject | everyday practices | - |
dc.subject | mixed methods | - |
dc.subject | social sustainability | - |
dc.title | “I recycle, I turn out the lights”: understanding the everyday sustainability practices of backpackers | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09669582.2014.978788 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84923532490 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 23 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 577 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 599 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1747-7646 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000350175400005 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0966-9582 | - |