1.Methodological Aspects of Own Studies on Backpacking 1.1.Research approach 1.2.Conceptual assumptions 1.3.Method of sample selection 1.4.Description of the tool 1.5.Analysis scheme 2.Europen Tradition of Traveling 2.1.In the middle ages 2.2.In the modern times 2.3.Age of steam 2.4.The age of democratization of tourism 3.TheHistory of Polish Tourism 3.1.The radical limitation of the Poles' civil liberties in the postwar period 3.2.A partial revival of foreign tourism in Poland in the 1970s 3.3.The introduction of martial law 3.4.Free travel after 2004s 4.The Postwar Tourists Generations 4.1.The new class of tourists 4.2.Impulsive tourism of Millenials and the Yay Me Generation 4.3.A typological ordering of the new class of tourists 4.4.From drifter to backpacker 5.Portrait of the Backpackers' Environment - Description on the Basis of Own Research 5.1. Social profile of the surveyed backpackers 6.Identity of Backpackers and its Features in the Light of Research 6.1.Constructing the role of a backpacker 6.2.Axionormative elements in the backpackers' identity narrative 6.3.Backpacking and significant elements of identity 6.4.Motivations and needs 6.5.Moment of initiation and time of entering the role of a backpacker 6.6.Traveling environment 6.7.Backpacking and other forms of tourism 7. Backpacking as a Style of Tourist travels 7.1.Analysis of backpacking travel directions and motives of their choice 7.2.Organization of backpacking travels 7.3.Costs and financing of backpacking travels 7.4.Meeting other backpackers while traveling 7.5.Leisure time during backpacking travels