Land and Love

Tourists in Our Own Land: How Migrants Experience Return Visits


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When you visit your country of origin, do you feel like a tourist in your own land? Today I will explore this topic with Rosalie Clarke, the author of a research on diaspora tourism.

Rosalie’s research examines how migration and return

visits influence émigrés’ sense of identity and belonging. Her insights reveal the emotional and cultural complexities of being caught between two worlds.

References:

“Memories, Travel Narratives and Identity: Recounts of the touristic return journeys of South African émigrés living in Australia to places of personal heritage significance.”

By: Rosalie Ann Wilson Clarke

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

July 2019

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