This book offers a bird's-eye view of the current trends, opportunities, and challenges related to Asian youth travellers, and it also presents a holistic framework for future research to build upon. Managerial and policy implications are provided for the tourism and hospitality industry and government agencies to better accommodate the needs of Asian youth travellers - a unique and diverse market that is yet to be fully unveiled to the world.

1. Asian youth tourism: Contemporary trends, cases and issues BY Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore and Elaine Chiao Ling Yang.- 2. An insight into the motivations of Thai Working and Holiday Makers (WHMs) BY Walanchalee Wattanacharoensil and Suwadee Talawanich.- 3. Asian youth's motivations and experience of short-term international field trips: Two cases of students in Macao, China and Seoul, South Korea BY Suh-hee Choi and Jurak Kim.- 4. Azerbaijan youth culture and its influence on their dark tourism experiences BY Firangiz Israfilova and Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore.- 5. Donkey friends in Europe: A mobile ethnographic study in group orientation of Chinese outbound backpackers BY Wenjie Cai.- 6. "Stranger in foreign lands": Exploring Chinese post-80s tourists' safety concerns and coping strategies in adventure tourism BY Mingming Cheng.- 7. Japanese students on educational tourism: Current trends and challenges BY Hayato Nagai and Sho Kashiwagi.- 8. The motivations and experiences of young Chinese self-drive tourists BY Claire Liu.- 9. Determinants of travel intention among Asian visitors at the cultural creative parks - perspective from theory of planned behavior BY Ryan Wu and Chia-Wen Chen.- 10. The interpersonal interaction and socialisation of volunteers: Case study of ride for love BY Julie Jie Wen, Qing-qing Lin and Bi-qi Peng.