The “Dark Side” of Hypermobility Within Queenstown, New Zealand

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Author(s): Kellie Gonçalves (University of Oslo, Norway)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 17
Source title: Innovative Perspectives on Tourism Discourse
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Magdalena Bielenia-Grajewska (University of Gdansk, Poland)and Enriqueta Cortes de los Rios (Almeria University, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2930-9.ch005

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Communication Studies / Education / Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Management

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This study adopts a transformational perspective of globalization and draws on the theoretical framework of the ‘new mobilities paradigm' (Sheller & Urry, 2004) and more specifically, employs the lens of ‘lifestyle mobilities' (Cohen et al., 2015) in order to highlight the intersection of tourism, migration and neoliberal market flows within Queenstown, New Zealand also known as the world's top adventure mecca. I analyze the discourse produced by lifestyle migrants currently residing and working in the area in order to illustrate the social consequences of the ‘darker side' of hypermobility on the micro level, which are strongly influenced by the country's past and current national labour and immigration policies.

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