Ritualizing the mundanity of holidays in usual environment

W Xu, M Li, W Liu, G Lin - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2023 - Elsevier
Temporary migrant workers have long been perceived as outsiders in host societies, despite
these societies being the usual environment in which migrants perform everydayness. This …

Interaction rituals and social relationships in a rural tourism destination

MY Wu, Y Tong, Q Li, G Wall… - Journal of Travel …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The reproduction of social relationships in a rural tourism destination is examined through a
micro-sociological lens that explores residents' everyday interactions. Interaction ritual …

Ritual and social change: Chinese rural–urban migrant workers' Spring Festival homecoming as secular pilgrimage

M Li - Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Drawing upon Clifford Geertz's interpretive approach to ritual, this study examines the
meaning of the annual Spring Festival homecoming performed by rural-to-urban migrant …

Tourism mobilities, marriages and 'mimicking': Some experiences of domestic migrant tourist workers in Sharm Elsheikh

I Elgammal, C Wilbert - Annals of Leisure Research, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This research explores the experiences of internal migrant workers to Sharm Elsheikh,
Egypt, where tourism practices can be viewed as an exchange of mobilities and hospitalities …

Japanese working holiday makers in Australia: subculture and resistance

A Maksay - Tourism Review International, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
This article explores the experiences of Japanese youth in Australia on working holiday
visas. Unlike previous studies, which have concentrated on the structural effects that …

Touring as labour: Mobilities and reconsideration of tour guiding in everyday life

J Chen, TC Chang - Tourism Geographies, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The research adopts the mobilities approach to examining the everyday experience of tour
guides. Scholars tend to highlight guides as service providers and cultural brokers, whose …

Youth and mobility in working holidays: Imagined freedoms and lived constraints in lives of Taiwanese working holidaymakers in New Zealand

LL Tsai, FL Collins - New Zealand Geographer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mobility for work and travel is often aligned with conceptions of youth and possibilities that
movement entails for cultural capital accumulation and self‐development. This article …

Understanding the place-making practices of backpackers

BL Iaquinto - Tourist Studies, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The place-making practices of tourists have long captured the attention of tourism
researchers. This article examines how the everyday practices of backpackers contribute to …

Contrasting performances of tourist and migrant mobilities in Norwegian hostels

G Butler, K Hannam - Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Hostels are synonymous with independent tourists and frequently identified as spaces of
hospitality that enable a number of touristic performances to take place. These performances …

Social connections of tourism working holiday makers

T Spyriadis, A Went - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Working-Holiday Makers (WHMs) are individuals who choose to combine work,
leisure, and travel to varying degrees. WHMs spend a varied amount of time at a destination …