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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rucksacktourismus" title="Rucksacktourismus – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rucksacktourismus" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochilero" title="Mochilero – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mochilero" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsosakturismo" title="Dorsosakturismo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Dorsosakturismo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizkar_zorroko_turismo" title="Bizkar zorroko turismo – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bizkar zorroko turismo" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%B4%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C" title="کوله‌پشت‌گردی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوله‌پشت‌گردی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routard" title="Routard – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Routard" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Low-cost, lightweight, independent and often international travel</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about backpacking while traveling. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Backpacking_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Backpacking (disambiguation)">Backpacking</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Urban_backpacking.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Urban_backpacking.jpg/220px-Urban_backpacking.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Urban_backpacking.jpg/330px-Urban_backpacking.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Urban_backpacking.jpg/440px-Urban_backpacking.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1840" data-file-height="2216" /></a><figcaption>Backpackers in Vienna</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Backpacking</b> is a form of low-cost, independent travel, which often includes staying in inexpensive lodgings and carrying all necessary possessions in a <a href="/wiki/Backpack" title="Backpack">backpack</a>. Once seen as a marginal form of travel undertaken only through necessity, it has become a mainstream form of tourism. </p><p>While backpacker tourism is generally a form of <a href="/wiki/Youth_travel" title="Youth travel">youth travel</a>, primarily undertaken by young people during <a href="/wiki/Gap_year" title="Gap year">gap years</a>, it is also undertaken by older people during holidays, a career break, or at retirement, or by <a href="/wiki/Digital_nomad" title="Digital nomad">digital nomads</a>, as part of a <a href="/wiki/Simple_living" title="Simple living">minimalist lifestyle</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As such, backpackers can be of any age, but are typically aged 18 to 30.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Backpacking_(travel)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Backpacker tourism generally, but does not always, include:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Traveling internationally for long periods of time on a tight budget.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Willingness to forgo luxury, suffer hardships, and be resourceful in order to make such a journey possible.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Traveling via <a href="/wiki/Public_transport" title="Public transport">public transport</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hitchhiking" title="Hitchhiking">hitchhiking</a>, using inexpensive lodging such as <a href="/wiki/Hostel" title="Hostel">hostels</a> or <a href="/wiki/Homestay" title="Homestay">homestays</a>, and other methods of lowering costs.</li> <li>A longer duration trip when compared with conventional vacations.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Working in other countries for short stints, depending on <a href="/wiki/Work_permit" title="Work permit">work permit</a> laws. It can also be undertaken by <a href="/wiki/Digital_nomad" title="Digital nomad">digital nomads</a>, people who work using technology while living a nomadic lifestyle.</li> <li>A search for <a href="/wiki/Authenticity_(philosophy)" title="Authenticity (philosophy)">authenticity</a>. Backpacking is perceived not only as a form of <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> but as a means of education. Backpackers want to experience what they consider the "real" destination rather than a packaged version often associated with mass tourism.</li> <li>The desire to take part in or craft a narrative around traveling.</li> <li>An interest in personal growth and discovery, as well as a desire to experience new culture, meet new people and foster a new perspective on the world. This is more significant considering that many backpackers are at a transitional point in their lives; such as between education and employment.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:7143_-_Z%C3%BCrich_-_City_Backpacker.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/7143_-_Z%C3%BCrich_-_City_Backpacker.JPG/220px-7143_-_Z%C3%BCrich_-_City_Backpacker.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/7143_-_Z%C3%BCrich_-_City_Backpacker.JPG/330px-7143_-_Z%C3%BCrich_-_City_Backpacker.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/7143_-_Z%C3%BCrich_-_City_Backpacker.JPG/440px-7143_-_Z%C3%BCrich_-_City_Backpacker.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Bunk beds in a hostel in <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Backpacking_(travel)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>People have travelled for thousands of years with their possessions on their backs, but usually out of need rather than for recreation. Between 3400 and 3100 BCE, <a href="/wiki/%C3%96tzi" title="Ötzi">Ötzi</a> the Iceman was traveling in Italy with a backpack made of animal skins and a wooden frame, although there are some thoughts that this may actually have been his snowshoes.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In the 7th century, <a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a>, a Chinese Buddhist monk, travelled to India with a hand-made backpack.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the 17th century, Italian adventurer <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Francesco_Gemelli_Careri" title="Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri">Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri</a> was likely one of the first people to engage in backpacker tourism.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The modern popularity of backpacking can be traced, at least partially, to the <a href="/wiki/Hippie_trail" title="Hippie trail">hippie trail</a> of the 1960s and 1970s,<sup id="cite_ref-Diversity_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diversity-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which in turn followed sections of the old <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a>. Some backpackers follow the same trail today.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the late-20th century, backpackers have visited <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> in large numbers. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Backpackers_on_the_Stehekin_Valley_Road_(67af5853ef7b4a11acda1e392a4ff4cd).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Backpackers_on_the_Stehekin_Valley_Road_%2867af5853ef7b4a11acda1e392a4ff4cd%29.JPG/220px-Backpackers_on_the_Stehekin_Valley_Road_%2867af5853ef7b4a11acda1e392a4ff4cd%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Backpackers_on_the_Stehekin_Valley_Road_%2867af5853ef7b4a11acda1e392a4ff4cd%29.JPG/330px-Backpackers_on_the_Stehekin_Valley_Road_%2867af5853ef7b4a11acda1e392a4ff4cd%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Backpackers_on_the_Stehekin_Valley_Road_%2867af5853ef7b4a11acda1e392a4ff4cd%29.JPG/440px-Backpackers_on_the_Stehekin_Valley_Road_%2867af5853ef7b4a11acda1e392a4ff4cd%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Backpackers in the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Chelan_National_Recreation_Area" title="Lake Chelan National Recreation Area">Lake Chelan National Recreation Area</a>, Washington, US</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Benefits">Benefits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Backpacking_(travel)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Benefits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 2018 study of over 500 backpackers conducted by researchers at <a href="/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen_University" title="Sun Yat-sen University">Sun Yat-sen University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shaanxi_Normal_University" title="Shaanxi Normal University">Shaanxi Normal University</a> in China and <a href="/wiki/Edith_Cowan_University" title="Edith Cowan University">Edith Cowan University</a> in Australia showed that for Westerners, backpacking leads to acquired capabilities like effective communication, <a href="/wiki/Decision-making" title="Decision-making">decision-making</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adaptability" title="Adaptability">adaptability</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Problem_solving" title="Problem solving">problem solving</a>, all of which contribute to an increase in <a href="/wiki/Self-efficacy" title="Self-efficacy">self-efficacy</a>, and for Chinese backpackers, acquiring skills like time and <a href="/wiki/Money_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Money management">money management</a>, language development, <a href="/wiki/Stress_management" title="Stress management">stress management</a>, and self-motivation provided the biggest increase in self-efficacy.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mark Hampton of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kent" title="University of Kent">University of Kent</a>, writing for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, argued in 2010 that for many low-income communities in the developing world, the economic benefits of hosting backpackers outweigh their negative impacts. Since backpackers tend to consume local products, stay in small guest houses, and use locally owned ground transport, more of their expenditure is retained in-country than in conventional mass tourism.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism">Criticism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Backpacking_(travel)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Backpacker tourism of the hippie trail has been criticized for possibly encouraging urban liberal minorities while insulting <a href="/wiki/Traditionalist_theology_(Islam)" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditionalist theology (Islam)">Islamic traditionalist theology</a>, possibly contributing to the Islamic reawakening in the late 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even though one of the primary aims of backpacking is to seek the "authentic", the majority of backpackers spend most of their time interacting with other backpackers, and interactions with locals are of "secondary importance".<sup id="cite_ref-Diversity_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diversity-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Backpacker tourism has been criticized for the transformation of some sleepy towns, such as the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Full_Moon_Party" title="Full Moon Party">Full Moon Party</a> on <a href="/wiki/Ko_Pha-ngan" title="Ko Pha-ngan">Ko Pha-ngan</a> in Thailand, which includes "scores of topless teenagers urinating into the ocean".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Backpacking_(travel)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Flashpacking</b> and Poshpacking refer to backpacking with more money and resources. The words combine <i>backpacking</i> with <i>flash</i>, a slang term for being fancy, or <i>posh</i>, an informal adjective for <a href="/wiki/Upper_class" title="Upper class">upper class</a>. </p><p><b>Begpacking</b> combines <i>begging</i> and <i>backpacking</i> in reference to individuals who <a href="/wiki/Begging" title="Begging">beg</a> (ask directly or indirectly for money), solicit money during <a href="/wiki/Street_performance" title="Street performance">street performances</a>, or vend (sell postcards or other small items) as a way to extend their overseas travel.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trend has drawn criticism for taking money away from people in actual need, with one known begpacker barred from entering Singapore.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Begpacking is common in Southeast Asia and is a trend in South America and South Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Backpacking_(travel)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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