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Information Research in Leisure: Implications from an Empirical Study of Backpackers
2009
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In the modern, increasingly flat world, many individuals have seen an increase in the amount of leisure time they have available. This leisure time is used for different purposes, often including travel and tourism. Among the many types of travel and tourism, backpack or budget travelling is becoming more and more popular. This increasingly common leisure activity presumably involves intensive information search activities. This study places the backpackers' search for travel information in an
doi:10.1353/lib.0.0062
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