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31 May 2006  Tourism operators and travel company delegates in Australia have heard how the word backpackers is becoming increasingly anachronistic and loaded with images of penniless young travellers – some of whom may have risked travelling without backpacker travel insurance, if the stereotype fits.

One tour operator speaking at the event in Cairns found that business had increased since they replaced "backpacker tours" with "small group adventures" in advertisements, according to ABC South Australia.

Julian Ledger, chairman of the Backpacker Tourism Industry Advisory Board, remarked that people's perceptions of how backpackers used to be does not necessarily tally with the modern backpacker tour customer.

He added that the industry needed a new image to reflect more accurately the modern budget traveller – who may not even carry a backpack.

Regardless of whether being termed as a backpacker or budget traveller, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office advises backpack travellers to take out travel insurance, as even credit card cover, home insurance and private health cover are unlikely to protect against some scenarios.


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