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1-2: Migration, (In)Hospitality and Belonging in Uncertain Times
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Abstract

This article examines the challenges faced by non-citizen residents at airport borders of their country of residency, exploring how differential treatment at the border impacts their sense of belonging. Using a critical hospitality lens and an interpretivist method, the analysis focuses on the concept of home and belonging within the liminal spaces of airport borders. The findings reveal that non-citizen residents, justified under the guise of ‘national security’, encounter normalized micro-aggressions, discrimination and interrogation. Consequently, they experience a range of negative emotions, leaving them in a state of uncertainty between belonging and not belonging. Reflecting the theme of the Special Issue, this study draws attention to hostile airport border procedures for non-citizen residents and contributes to the decolonization of tourism and hospitality scholarship by investigating the experiences of this overlooked category of travellers.

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Contested hospitality and welcome at the airport borders: The narratives of non-citizen residents
Hospitality & Society 15, 45 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00091_1
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Keyword(s): airports; belonging; border-crossings; critical hospitality; home; inhospitable spaces; migrants; welcome

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