This year marks Backpacker's 50th anniversary. To celebrate, we asked four of our favorite writers to write a letter to the backpackers of the future--specifically, to 2073, when Backpacker will turn ...

VANG VIENG – A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially injured scores of ...

It’s the night after the big one, and the moonlit lanes are full of zombies. Clutching half-empty water bottles, shuffling through the puddles with muddy flip-flop feet, the rain-soaked backpackers of ...

One is already underway, with the Gold Coast City Council having green-lit Bounce, a seven-storey building in swanky Budds Beach aimed at housing backpackers and also the homeless. Site clearing has ...

The blaring of a lifeguard’s whistle pierces the air at Maya Bay, an hour’s speedboat ride across the Andaman Sea from Phuket. His attention is fixed on several over-enthusiastic Instagrammers who ...

A French tourist woken by screams has revealed why he believes a 29-year-old man ended up unconscious in a backpackers pool. LATEST Charles Veldieu was sleeping when a 29-year-old Caribbean national ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gold Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. One is already underway, with the Gold Coast City Council having green-lit Bounce, a seven-storey ...

Charles Veldieu was sleeping when a 29-year-old Caribbean national was rushed to hospital on Monday morning at Surfers Paradise backpackers hostel Maxmee Resort. Scenes from the Maxmee Resort at ...