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<strong>Backpackers</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>next</strong> <strong>generation</strong>?<br />
Table 3: Baby boomer tourists’ definitions of backpackers’ accommodations (n ~ 48)<br />
Comments<br />
* US's responses. Backpacking means hiking or tramping<br />
with camping gear in the US.<br />
Number and<br />
types of<br />
comments<br />
made<br />
younger / youngsters / students 27<br />
cheap / inexpensive / low cost / budget 15<br />
dorms 7<br />
tramping / walk with pack / roughing it* 6<br />
used by inexperienced [travellers] 4<br />
unfriendly / hard to relate to youngsters** 4<br />
** all relating to AU backpacker accommodations that the<br />
commenters had tried. NONE were now using NZ backpackers.<br />
*** NZ's responses.<br />
communal living 3<br />
basic / “bare bones” facilities 3<br />
for international / foreign [visitors]*** 2<br />
used when younger 2<br />
bags on backs 2<br />
“we don’t have to do that” 1<br />
“for those who can’t afford better” 1<br />
camping / tenting*** 1<br />
meet other people 1<br />
I’m too old 1<br />
different meaning in the US* 1<br />
for those on long trips 1<br />
reasonable 1<br />
good for all ages 15<br />
Because people perceive that there are no parallel service or facilities in Europe<br />
or the US, the backpackers’ accommodation industry in New Zealand may have<br />
an image problem amongst potential users. This is not to contend there are no<br />
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