That's what friends are for: Emotional solidarity, friendship and social interactions between first-generation immigrants and their visiting friends

College

Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business

Department/Unit

Marketing and Advertising Department

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Volume

36

First Page

57

Last Page

66

Publication Date

9-1-2018

Abstract

© 2018 This paper explores the social interactions between immigrant-hosts and visiting friends (VFs). Through a qualitative approach, the study considers the personal meanings attached to VF visits by first-generation Filipino immigrant households in New Zealand (the hosts) and their respective VFs from the Philippines (the guests). The notion of friendship is largely absent from tourism scholarship, a surprise since tourism revolves around social interactions. Friendship is a special relationship to which people attach great importance. This study contributes to knowledge by utilising the theory of emotional solidarity in a specific cultural context to interpret host-guest interactions oriented around friendship. Emotional solidarity is applied and adapted to situations where travel supports the maintenance of friendship over great distances. Within the growing VFR travel literature, this study is the first to explore the perspectives of both the hosts and visiting friends with respect to social interactions that underpin friendship.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.jhtm.2018.07.003

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