Table of Contents
Introduction
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- Defining Asia Pacific
Data Sources
The Evolution of Backpacking in Asia Pacific
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- The trailblazers
- The tech-powered modern backpacker
- Annualisation of backpacking
- The changing appeal and profile of Asia Pacific
- A global dialogue
- UNESCO World Heritage sites
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- Figure 1: UNESCO World Heritage sites in Asia Pacific by country, July 2011
- Sports and festival tourism
Factors Impacting Backpacker Tourism in Asia Pacific
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- Marketing to backpackers
- Infrastructure developments
- Railways
- Air travel
The Information Market
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- Growing affluence, currency appreciation and inflation
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- Figure 2: British currency rates compared to leading Asia-Pacific currencies, 2000-11
- Backpacking and working
Backpacker Destinations
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- Entry/exit hubs
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- Figure 3: Top 10 routes between Europe and South East Asia by total available seats, September 2011
- Established destinations
- India
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- Figure 4: Tourism arrivals growth in India, 2000-11
- Indonesia
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- Figure 5: Tourism arrivals growth in Indonesia, 2002-11
- Malaysia
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- Figure 6: Tourism arrivals growth in Malaysia, 2000-11
- Nepal
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- Figure 7: Tourism arrivals growth in Nepal, 2000-10
- The Philippines
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- Figure 8: Comparative source markets, January 2010 and January 2011
- Thailand
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- Figure 9: Comparative inbound tourism arrivals by quarter, 2007-11
- Emerging nations
- Cambodia
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- Figure 10: Tourism arrivals growth in Cambodia, 2005-11
- China
- Laos
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- Figure 11: Tourism arrivals growth in Laos, 2005-11
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Sri Lanka
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- Figure 12: Monthly tourism arrivals growth in Sri Lanka, 2010-11*
- Vietnam
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- Figure 13: Tourism arrivals growth in Vietnam, 2005-11
- The road less travelled
- Japan
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- Figure 14: Comparative monthly tourism arrivals in Japan, 2010-11
- South Korea
- Taiwan
Developing Trends in the Sector
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- Greater Mekong tourism collaboration
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- Figure 15: Greater Mekong Sub-region tourism arrivals, 2000, 2005 and 2010
- Well-loved backpacker trails
- Emerging loops
What Next?
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