Married immigrant women’s VFR tourism as the way to ethnic minority group acculturation

B Y Moon; S H Yang; Timothy J Lee

doi:10.1080/14766825.2019.1600868

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Married immigrant women’s VFR tourism as the way to ethnic minority group acculturation

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Married immigrant women’s VFR tourism as the way to ethnic minority group acculturation

B Y Moon, S H Yang and Timothy J Lee

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, Vol.17(4), pp.544-561

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2019.1600868

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Abstract

double disadvantage

ethnic minority group

grounded theory

married immigrant women

patriarchy

VFR tourism

UniSC Diversity Area - Gender Equity

UniSC Diversity Area - Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

The purpose of the study was to examine the bases of married immigrant women's VFR Tourism behaviors. Over the last decade, Korea has witnessed an unprecedented growth of immigrants who are married to Korean males. This emerging population, as a new ethnic minority group, are expected to play an important role in the sustainability of the Korean family as well as the society. Academic interest in this phenomenon naturally leads to the consideration of the acculturation issue and multi-cultural policy impacts. Extending the research horizon, VFR tours as one of the leisure patterns of married immigrant women are considered important. Nevertheless, VFR tourism studies in the context of married immigrants are scarce. In this study we take a grounded theory approach. Questionnaire based in-depth interviews with 11 Vietnamese women in Korea were conducted. The findings were: the core category of the VFR tour is revealed as a 'Process to overcome their doubled disadvantaged position as an ethnic minority and as a housewife under patriarchy.' They encounter family risk mainly due to the cultural adaptation problem and choose a VFR tour to their origin to sustain successful marriage life and acculturation. The significance and limitation of this research are discussed.

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Title: Married immigrant women’s VFR tourism as the way to ethnic minority group acculturation
Authors: B Y Moon (Author) - Eulji University, Republic of Korea
S H Yang (Author) - Silla University, Republic of Korea
Timothy J Lee (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Business
Publication details: Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, Vol.17(4), pp.544-561
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2019.1600868
ISSN: 1476-6825; 1476-6825
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451470902621
Output Type: Journal article

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