In international tourism, an ongoing trend is the growth of the sector for independent travel (Hyde & Lawson, 2003), particularly the sub-market of backpacking. Backpacking is an increasingly significant sector of world tourism (Richards & Wilson, 2004a), on top of, and interlinked to, the growth of the student travel market (Reisinger & Mavondo, 2004). They also pointed out that the majority of backpackers are, or previously have been, students (Richards & Wilson, 2004a). Over the last two decades, conceptualizations about adequate life paths have come to take in a period of time spent travelling, something which is now underlined to many school leavers and university graduates as a vita enhancing activity (O’Reilly, 2006). Once a minimal …show more content…
One of the main motivations of these ‘‘budget travelers’’ is that they want to ‘‘meet the people’’ and engaging in all, even the everyday features of a ‘‘localized’’ culture (Riley, 1988). Some motivations for people to go backpacking include the opportunities for acquiring new knowledge (Pearce & Foster, 2007), the chance to experience the local way of life and to be ‘‘at one with the locals’’ of the countries they visit (Maoz, 2007), and the odds of meeting other travelers (Oliveira-Brochado & Gameiro, 2013). Backpackers travel with an autonomous and malleable trip arrangement in mind (Pearce, 1990), and unlike other tourists, backpackers are less motivated for expensive travel (Larsen, Øgaard, & Brun, 2011). To obtain the unique travel experiences linked with backpacking, backpackers often visit longer and go to other places than those of conventional tourists. The study aims to understand and assess the motivations as to why backpackers engage in traveling within the Philippines, and to investigate on the behavior of local backpackers as well. Travel motivations are essential to figure out what pushes a backpacker to travel and what pulls them to choose a certain destination. Studying these main factors that motivate local backpackers is the stepping stone into furthering the study to reach the foreign market as well. The destination must first establish its local backpacker market before it can cater efficiently to the foreign
Boxes upon boxes of food are everywhere. It is time to carry out operation Sack Pack Program at West Sioux High School. Four adults and ten students prepare to form an assembly line to make 350 sack packs for students in need, from kindergarten to twelfth grade. These students in need could go hungry over the weekend if it was not for these sack packs, which provide nutritious, healthy food. I had the privilege of speaking to one of the sack pack program directors.
The Life of a Climber “The top! We made it! The six of us cheered and hugged we were the first team of women to reach the summit of Denali the highest mountain in North America (Blum 117),” There were many risky trials and challenges in Arlene Blum’s life, which had consequences. In the biography, Breaking Trail a Climbing Life by Arlene Blum it shows a clear picture of the risks she took and the consequences from her risks. The risks Arlene Blum took throughout her life was in gaining more education, the extreme mountaineering, and the women rights she fought for.
"A Long Walk To Water", Nya's story by Linda Sue Park, explains how Nya had a stuggle for water, not knowing that there was water. One explanation of this is that she walks miles to get water that is muddy just to drink it. One day when she came back she found out that her sister was sick. Her sister had gotten better but her uncle and father, who're the leaders of her village, were talking about water. When Nya heard this she was confused, she thought that there was no water other than the muddy water she had fetched everyday.
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery to have the Lewis and Clark expedition find a waterway that could connect the United States for transportation because he had aspirations to expand to the Pacific and Northwest making the expedition important to his agenda for the United States. (The Corp of Discovery, 2016). Another reason for the important expedition was to create a relationship with the American Indians, and the American fur trade, while learning the North American topography and geography of the land which was also important to the exploration (Corps of Discover, 2016). Thomas Jefferson was important to the Lewis and Clark expedition because he organized the journey, sought funding and made Lewis and Clark head
The Oregon Trail was traveled by over five hundred thousand people between 1841-1869. Many people wanted to travel on the Oregon Trail in hope of better health. They did not bring many supplies; they only brought the bare necessities. The pioneers traveled in covered wagons, called prairie schooners, pulled by oxen. The journey started in Independence, Missouri, and ended in Oregon City, Oregon.
Environment and Technology on the Appalachian Trail The individuals Bryson met on the Appalachian Trail and the revelations he experienced magnified his respect for the wilderness and his disdain for technology. At the beginning of his memoir, he knows little about the wilderness. He decides to embark on the adventure of hiking the Appalachian Trail in order to get in shape, and prove to himself that he could do it. He also felt compelled to go because the trail could potentially be destroyed in the next fifty years.
“Why am I doing this.” said Ron Tipton when he was walking the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. This is the question that pops up into everyone’s head when they are trying to complete the Appalachian Trail. Everything started off 10 days ago when Will Henderson decided to deter from the Appalachian Trail. He had been hiking all of his life, he is 39 years old, and is a part of the National Hiking Association. He had began his journey in Georgia and was unable to complete the trail but got all the way to Tennessee.
It is the year 1832 and you’re on a riding along in a caravan with Nathaniel Wyeth, who leads the new group of settlers along a foreign trail. There have been many hardships; lack of food, deaths during the journey. It is no doubt that there were many obstacles travelers faced while traveling on the Oregon Trail, but this matter does not take away from the good that this trail did for the country of America. Some people have said that the ending results and settlements were not worth the loss of the journey to get there. The Oregon Trail was one of the single trails that helped lead to the west coast from the east.
The book “Long Walk to Water” is very interesting in place. So here's my essay on Long Walk to Water. In the book “Long Walk to Water”, by Linda Sue Park, the place they were in was in war. “There are two tribes “Dinka and Nuer” were rivals, they hated each other.”
For example, Sasse views travel as, “...an opportunity to help our kids to get out of their comfort zones, learn to see different social and economic arrangements.” (Sasse 18). Ben Sasse views travel simply as a way to get out of one’s own bubble to learn about the various living situations that people, even a neighborhood away, experience. Therefore, although traveling is not the only way for a kid to be made aware of the different circumstances that people around the world experience on a daily basis, it is one of the most effective ways as they will be able to experience them firsthand. This sentiment holds true in my own life as well as for many others.
Your parents are always telling you to do do the right thing, aren't they? Priscilla Cummings did not miss the opportunity to convey the same message. In The Red Kayak, Priscilla Cummings is trying to show that doing the right thing, no matter the consequences is always the correct path to take. In this paper, I will give a few examples of why I think the theme in the story is to always do the right thing. These examples are that Brady had the choice to call out to the kayak, the scene with Digger and J.T. in court, and I will show you this in a more philosophical way.
Many people who take trips to other countries use it to escape the boredom of their own life and to have fun in another country. Taking vacations can provide excitement when heading to different locales, give a person the tastes and sights of a new place, and overall provide a sense of pleasure to a tourist. However, there is an aspect of this that many tourists do not get to see. In her essay A Small Place, author Jamaica Kincaid makes this aspect very clear. Kincaid, along with many other natives of foreign islands, believes that tourists are “ugly human being[s]” who seemingly feed off the boredom and desperation of the natives of a certain place, creating a source of pleasure for themselves (Kincaid 262).
On page x of John Muir’s non-fiction book, My First Summer in the Sierra, Galen Rowell states that “Muir’s amazing destiny can be directly traced to right intentions practiced during his lifetime.” There intentions play an enormous role in the shaping of Muir life: his ideals, morals, and values. Ultimately it is the intentions he grew up with that defined who he was as a naturalist, author and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. Furthermore, his “right” choices in life influenced every one of his actions following. Eventually aiding in the protection of the beautiful land now known as Yosemite National Park.
Wolves, when in groups, are universally threatening and recurrently feared. This being known, they are often portrayed as an evil or opposing force. Although, on occasion, they have also been known to be referred to as “noble creatures who can teach us many things.” (http://www.wolfcountry.net/) But consequently, despite the popular interpretation of wolves and their characteristics, each story presents its own interpretation of their many characteristics.
Travelling helps us to know more about different lifestyles, cultures, cuisines and festivals. Visiting new sights and exploring new places increases our knowledge and widens our global perspective. We get to learn so many things about different cultures and customs. It makes us open minded and gives us a new viewpoint about life and it also changes some of our bad habits.