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Backpacking (travel), the Glossary

Backpacking is a form of low-cost, independent travel, which often includes staying in inexpensive lodgings and carrying all necessary possessions in a backpack.^[1]

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Adaptability

Adaptability (adaptō "fit to, adjust") is a feature of a system or of a process.

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Atharism (translit) is a school of theology in Sunni Islam which developed from circles of the, a group that rejected rationalistic theology in favor of strict textualism in interpretation the Quran and the hadith.

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Authenticity (philosophy)

Authenticity is a concept of personality in the fields of psychology, existential psychotherapy, existentialist philosophy, and aesthetics.

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Ötzi

Ötzi, also called The Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC.

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Backpack

A backpack—also called knapsack, rucksack, pack, booksack, bookbag, haversack or backsack—is, in its simplest frameless form, a fabric sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders; but it can have an external or internal frame, and there are bodypacks. Backpacking (travel) and backpack are Ötzi.

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Begging

Begging (also panhandling) is the practice of imploring others to grant a favor, often a gift of money, with little or no expectation of reciprocation.

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Decision-making

In psychology, decision-making (also spelled decision making and decisionmaking) is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options.

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Digital nomad

Digital nomads are people who travel freely while working remotely using technology and the internet.

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Edith Cowan University

Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a public research university in Western Australia.

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Full Moon Party

The Full Moon Party (Thai: ฟูลมูนปาร์ตี้) is an all-night beach party that originated in Hat Rin on the island of Ko Pha-ngan, Thailand in 1985.

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Gap year

A gap year, also known as a sabbatical year, is a period of time when students take a break from their studies, usually after completing high school or before beginning graduate school.

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Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri

Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri (1651–1725) was an Italian adventurer and traveler.

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Hippie trail

Hippie trail (also the overland) is the name given to an overland journey taken by members of the hippie subculture and others from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s travelling from Europe and West Asia through South Asia via countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to Thailand.

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Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, autostop or hitching) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking individuals, usually strangers, for a ride in their car or other vehicle.

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Homestay

Homestay (also home stay and home-stay) is a form of hospitality and lodging whereby visitors share a residence with a local of the area (host) to which they are traveling. Backpacking (travel) and Homestay are Backpacking.

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Hostel

A hostel is a form of low-cost, short-term shared sociable lodging where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed in a dormitory sleeping 4–20 people, with shared use of a lounge and usually a kitchen. Backpacking (travel) and hostel are Backpacking.

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Ig Publishing

Ig Publishing is a New York-based press devoted to publishing original literary fiction and political and cultural nonfiction.

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Investment management

Investment management (sometimes referred to more generally as asset management) is the professional asset management of various securities, including shareholdings, bonds, and other assets, such as real estate, to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of investors.

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Journal of Sustainable Tourism

The Journal of Sustainable Tourism is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal, publishing theoretical, conceptual and empirical research about sustainable tourism.

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Journal of Travel Research

The Journal of Travel Research is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering tourism.

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Ko Pha-ngan

Ko Pha-ngan (เกาะพะงัน) is an island in the Gulf of Thailand in Surat Thani Province of southern Thailand.

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New Statesman

The New Statesman (known from 1931 to 1964 as the New Statesman and Nation) is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London.

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Problem solving

Problem solving is the process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles, a frequent part of most activities.

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Public transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.

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ResearchGate

ResearchGate is a European commercial social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators.

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Sage Publishing

Sage Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent academic publishing company, founded in 1965 in New York City by Sara Miller McCune and now based in the Newbury Park neighborhood of Thousand Oaks, California.

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Self-efficacy

In psychology, self-efficacy is an individual's belief in their capacity to act in the ways necessary to reach specific goals.

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Shaanxi Normal University

Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU) is a public university in Chang'an, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

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Silk Road

The Silk Road was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.

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Simple living

Simple living refers to practices that promote simplicity in one's lifestyle.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Street performance

Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities.

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Stress management

Stress management consists of a wide spectrum of techniques and psychotherapies aimed at controlling a person's level of stress, especially chronic stress, usually for the purpose of improving everyday functioning.

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Sun Yat-sen University

Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) is a public research university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel.

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Travel + Leisure

Travel + Leisure is a travel magazine based in New York City, New York.

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University of Kent

The University of Kent (formerly the University of Kent at Canterbury, abbreviated as UKC) is a semi-collegiate public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom.

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Upper class

Upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status, usually are the wealthiest members of class society, and wield the greatest political power.

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Work permit

A work permit or work visa is the permission to take a job within a foreign country.

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Xuanzang

Xuanzang ((Hsüen Tsang); 6 April 6025 February 664), born Chen Hui / Chen Yi (/), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator.

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Youth travel

Youth travel is travel by youth.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpacking_(travel)

Also known as Backpacker (travel), Backpacker ghetto, Backpacker tourism, Backpacking (Canada), Backpacking (urban), Backpacking in Canada, Begpacking, Flashpacker, Flashpackers, Flashpacking, Urban backpacking.

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See also

Ötzi

Backpacking

Hitchhiking

Youth hostelling

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