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Hosting as social practice: Gendered insights into contemporary tourism mobilities

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  • Janta, Hania
  • Christou, Anastasia

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By giving voice to highly-skilled mobile professional women who have relocated to Switzerland from various European countries, representing different nationalities, duration of migration and family circumstances, we shed light on the experiences of hosting – an under-researched segment of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) mobilities. Our findings reveal a threefold investigation to sociality, tourism and mobility, by drawing on empirical insights to three angles: that of, culture, intimacy and identity as pathways to transformative social practices among hosts and guests. Highly-skilled mobile professional women’s hosting practices reflect a laboratory of sociality whereupon relations of closeness and proximity are tested under new conditions of social and private life in the new destination country.

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  • Janta, Hania & Christou, Anastasia, 2019. "Hosting as social practice: Gendered insights into contemporary tourism mobilities," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 167-176.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:74:y:2019:i:c:p:167-176
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2018.11.008
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