Paper short abstract:

This paper proposes portraits of a few tourists from West Africa during their visit to Benin. We will cross paths, stories and imaginaries from Benines visiting their country, visitors from the diaspora, expatriates from Sub Region.

Paper long abstract:

This paper proposes portraits of a few tourists from West Africa during their visit to Benin. We will cross paths, stories and imaginaries from Benines visiting their country, visitors from the diaspora, expatriates from Sub Region. It will offer a comparative analysis of selected routes and experiences in relation to the sociological profiles of tourists. We will focus on quests of identity or otherness, motivations (family, social, cultural) and the terms of their travel (family, organized, with or without guides, etc.. ). As one speaks about western tourists, can we identify a way of being an African tourist, or is it totally irrelevant. And why ?