Abstract
Liminal tourism spaces are widely acknowledged as being characterised as locations in which opportunities for negotiations between people, of relationships, and of identities may take place, and as grounds for new forms of social life to emerge. Niseko is a small ski resort in northern Japan transformed by international tourism. Drawing on a narrative method of inquiry this paper explores how experiences of living overseas can influence individuals to establish alternative lifestyles in tourism spaces, underpinned by the desire to live in a way that is more congruent with their sense of self. Niseko was found to be functioning as a liminal space which allowed participants to live outside mainstream society and was identified as a site for lifestyle migration.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CAUTHE 2019: Sustainability of tourism, hospitality & events in a disruptive digital age |
| Subtitle of host publication | proceedings of the 29th annual conference |
| Place of Publication | Cairns, QLD |
| Publisher | Central Queensland University Australia |
| Pages | 508-511 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780994514141 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| Event | CAUTHE 2019: 29th CAUTHE conference - Pullman Cairns International, Cairns, Australia Duration: 11 Feb 2019 → 14 Feb 2019 https://cauthe.org/conference-2019/ http://cauthe.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10-Conference-Program.pdf (conference program) https://web.archive.org/web/20180322102908/https://www.cqu.edu.au/about-us/structure/schools/bl/cauthe-2019 (Host location conference website) |
Conference
| Conference | CAUTHE 2019 |
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| Abbreviated title | Sustainability of Tourism, Hospitality and Events in a Disruptive Digital Age |
| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Cairns |
| Period | 11/02/19 → 14/02/19 |
| Other | CAUTHE’s 2019 theme ‘Sustainability of Tourism, Hospitality and Events in a Disruptive Digital Age’ explores how the industry can implement change sustainably in the digital era to ensure social, cultural, economic and natural environments continue to benefit. The first stream of the conference is dedicated to exploring innovative approaches and the strategic thinking needed to adapt and implement processes and practices in order to achieve such sustainability within the digital expansion around tourism. Building upon this stream, we invite delegates to examine specific facets of this challenge through demand side, supply side and research and theory development. |
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