Understanding the identities and motivations of backpackers with regard to their stay in a Housing Development Board (HDB) hostel.
This research aims to explore in depth the specific concepts of authenticity and backpacking through hypothesizing that travelers who choose to stay in a HDB hostel whilst in Singapore during their travels are backpackers, in particular alienated individuals seeking to experience some form of authen...
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| Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51734 |
| Summary: | This research aims to explore in depth the specific concepts of authenticity and backpacking through hypothesizing that travelers who choose to stay in a HDB hostel whilst in Singapore during their travels are backpackers, in particular alienated individuals seeking to experience some form of authenticity. Findings through means of a case study conducted at a selected HDB hostel in Singapore have revealed that although most of the respondents interviewed were indeed seeking to experience one form or another of authenticity, the backpackers’ identity was found to be one that is fluid and largely constructed by self-definition, with respondents offering varying interpretations of the term ‘backpacker’. |
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