Tourism, migration and emigration: Travel patterns of korean-New Zealanders in the 1990s

Sophie Kyung-Mi Kang and Stephen J. Page, 'Tourism, migration and emigration: Travel patterns of Korean-New Zealanders in the 1990s', Tourism Geographies, Vol. 2 (1): 50-65, July 2000, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/146166800363448.This article examines the patterns and travel habits of recent South Korean immigrants to New Zealand and the growing signi.cance of what has been called ‘ethnic tourism’ with a focus on the impact of family ties and kinship in motivating travel for ethnic reunion. This paper is exploratory in nature and develops a number of themes which require further research and development to establish the extent to which such patterns are indicative of global processes shaping the travel habits of immigrant groups. A survey of Korean-New Zealanders conducted in 1998 and the results are evaluated to establish the implications for ethnic outbound travel and the New Zealand travel industry. © 2000, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.Peer reviewe