Paper short abstract:

Migrants are frequently viewed through their labour activities. The aim of this paper is to analyse leisure mobility of migrants in order to demonstrate that tourism and travel not related to work influence migrants' identities.

Paper long abstract:

Migrants are frequently viewed through their labour activities. Their mobility is circumscribed to family and labour related activities. However, they also travel for pleasure, be it visits back home or one-day travel to another town. The aim of this paper is to analyse leisure mobility of Polish migrants to West Midlands, UK. The leisure mobility patterns would differ among various groups of migrants, some of them would have very little time for leisure and leisure travel would remain in the domain of the imaginary. Yet, I aim at demonstrating that tourism and travel not related to work influence migrants' identities and constitute important sphere for shaping their daily lives and lifestyles.