Backpaking lifestyle
g. dive instructor, yoga instructor,
masseur, tour guide), mirror D’Andrea’s study of (2007, p. 220) migrant expatriates, who
hoped to develop an occupation that allowed for a lifestyle related to ‘experiences of
liberation, pleasure and expressivity’. They also challenge Uriely’s (2001) distinction within
‘working tourist’ types between those who engage in work whilst travelling for instrumental
versus recreational reasons, arguably subsuming this divide. Bridging a travel-occupation gap
often also manifested in a desire to bring the company of fellow backpackers to themselves
without actually having to physically travel, whether it be through opening a hostel, budget
resort or small adventure tourism firm. Participants based their aspiration of continued
involvement with tourists largely on experiences of belonging and community encountered
whilst backpacking. Fleeting moments of Turnerian ‘communitas’ (1982) also inspired the
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