An investigation of how specific social backgrounds shape the characteristics of young Chinese travel bloggers within the mobilities paradigm

Abstract

Using the mobilities paradigm, this thesis aims to try to explain the uniqueness of a certain group of young Chinese travel bloggers, who were also tourists. It considered that the characteristics of young Chinese travel bloggers, both in their motivations and behaviours, do not appear in the realm of tourism only. This thesis explores where their characteristics come from and how to interpret them in contemporary China.