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Green integration: Immigrants' belonging to the outdoors
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism. (ETOUR)ORCID iD: 0009-0001-5795-2956
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism. (ETOUR)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1641-4123
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism. (ETOUR)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7367-0211
2024 (English)In: / [ed] Á. Moya, T. Furunes, L. Kvalsvik, 2024Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In this research, we discuss how immigrants’ experiences in outdoor activities are influenced by the social capital, and how these activities can promote immigrants’ social integration leading to their environmental awareness and pro-environmental behaviors. Engagement in domestic tourism exposes interconnected justice challenges in multicultural countries. Immigrants’ perceived disparities, social and environmental vulnerabilities, inclusion in outdoor activities, and justice are some pressing issues considered in the research. Moreover, integrating justice into domestic tourism discourses is urging the re-evaluation of our understanding of sustainable tourism through the lenses of justice and sustainability. Recognizing and including the immigrants’ diverse voices is essential in generating new insights on sustainable transformative options, developing theoretical and empirical foundations to guide tourism communities and national and regional policy responses, especially within the outdoor setting, which brings up both social and environmental concerns. This research discusses how the holistic approach to both social and environmental aspects of outdoor recreation through the ethnic or immigrant lens can address the complex web of sustainability challenges, fostering more just and sustainable future of tourism. We adopt a social capital lens to understand the social and environmental implications of domestic tourism within the context of outdoor recreational activities. Empirically, this chapter is based on interviews with immigrants in the north of Sweden – a region known for its nature and outdoor pursuits. 

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2024.
Keywords [en]
social capital, immigration, integration, sustainability, outdoor recreation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-52556OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-52556DiVA, id: diva2:1899953
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32nd Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research, Stavanger, Norway, 18-20 June, 2024
Available from: 2024-09-21 Created: 2024-09-21 Last updated: 2025-09-25Bibliographically approved

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