ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the relationship between young budget travellers such as those on a gap year or backpacking, and international tourism and service industries. It suggests that, to a great extent, the ways in which the temporary mobilities of young budget travellers intersect with the tourism industry through a wider arena than simply receiving or consuming services has been ignored (for exceptions, see Bianchi 2000; Clarke 2005). This chapter contends that for the young budget travellers who engage in periods of (paid) tourism or service work while travelling away from home, this work is an intrinsic part of the touristic
experience (Bianchi 2000). Furthermore, although international businesses may recruit this particular group of tourists as workers, they need to pay more attention to the motivations behind this type of travel.
