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Contested hospitality and welcome at the airport borders: The narratives of non-citizen residents

Samira Zare & Isabella Qing Ye

Hospitality & Society2025https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00091_1article
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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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@article{samira2025,
  title        = {{Contested hospitality and welcome at the airport borders: The narratives of non-citizen residents}},
  author       = {Samira Zare & Isabella Qing Ye},
  journal      = {Hospitality & Society},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00091_1},
}

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0.44

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.32 × 0.4 = 0.13
M · momentum0.57 × 0.15 = 0.09
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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