The main purpose of this study was to conceptualize backpacker motivation within the framework of the travel career pattern (TCP) theory of travel motivation. An online survey was administered to backpackers targeted in backpacker-specific online communities in order to obtain a diverse sample. The relationship between backpackers' previous travel experience and motivations was examined, and six underlying dimensions of motivation were extracted. Four of the motivations, personal/social growth, experiential, budget travel, and independence were found to be fluid in relation to backpackers' travel experience. Notably, two dimensions, cultural knowledge and relaxation, were found to be constant in relation to the backpackers' travel experience, which suggest that the two dimensions constitute the core motivations for backpackers.View full textDownload full textKEYWORDSBackpacker motivation, travel career pattern, travel experience, segmentation, mobility, online communitiesRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19368621003591350
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机译：这项研究的主要目的是在旅行动机的旅行职业模式（TCP）理论的框架内概念化背包客的动机。针对背包客特定在线社区中的背包客进行了在线调查，以获取多样化的样本。研究了背包客以前的旅行经历和动机之间的关系，并提取了六个基本的动机维度。动机，个人/社会成长，体验，预算旅行和独立性中的四个动机与背包旅行的经历有关。值得注意的是，文化知识和放松这两个维度与背包客的旅行经历有关，这是恒定的，这表明这两个维度构成了背包客的核心动机。查看全文下载全文关键词，细分，移动性，在线社区相关var addthis_config = {ui_cobrand：“泰勒和弗朗西斯在线”，servicescompact：“ citeulike，netvibes，twitter，technorati，delicious，linkedin，facebook，stumbleupon，digg，google，更多”，pubid：“ ra -4dff56cd6bb1830b“};添加到候选列表链接永久链接http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19368621003591350
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