The Precariousness of Young Chinese Being Working Holiday Makers in New Zealand

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ID12974705
AuthorsHongrui Zhu (0000-0001-8052-3888, University of Otago, corresponding author), Tara Duncan (0000-0003-1845-7001, Dalarna University), Hazel Tucker (0000-0001-8110-137X, University of Otago)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue4
Pages831-846
Publication date2021-08-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of China Tourism Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1938-8160 • E-ISSN: 1938-8179
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19388160.2021.1966562
OpenAlexW3187147492
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited41

This study explores the precariousness experienced and perceived by Chinese working holiday makers in New Zealand, and thereby challenges the more commonly and broadly disseminated positive narratives about long-term travel such as backpacking and working holidays. Whilst young Chinese have participated in the working holiday scheme in New Zealand for over a decade, this nascent phenomenon is still under-represented in the literature. Based on in-depth interviews with Chinese working holiday makers, three themes relating to the precariousness they experienced or perceived have been identified: Working holiday makers being caught in co-ethnic communities, their having limited employment opportunities, and their facing inherent insecurities. Findings of this study extend current understandings of the inherently precarious status of Chinese working holiday makers, as well as provide practical recommendations to the working holiday scheme

Ethnic chinese · Ethnic group · Mobilities · Narrative · Phenomenon · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Working environment · Working life · Cruise Tourism Development and Management · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Engineering · Gender Studies · Law · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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