Backpacking (travel) - Wikipedia Backpacking is a form of low-cost, independent travel, which often includes staying in inexpensive lodgings and carrying all necessary possessions in a backpack Once seen as a marginal form of travel undertaken only through necessity, it has become a mainstream form of tourism
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