It was Pearce, who first used ‘backpackers’ for the low budget independent traveller market segment back in 1990. He was not the first one who wrote about this topic, but Pearce first introduced this term to the tourism literature. He however states that John Cook in Sydney first noted th...
Everyone deserves an extended break in the midst of a loyal, long-term commitment to an employer. Sabbaticals, I am realizing, are a thing outside of academia. Some forward-thinking employers (with more staff and resources than mine) offer paid sabbaticals of 3-4 weeks to employees in add...