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Almost in Paradise: The intrusion of tourism in the living/leisure space of local women In Waikiki

Abstract This paper usesan auto-ethnographic approach (Saukko, 2002) to integrate personal experience with the contextual social formations and historical processes affecting the lives of three women aged 76–85 yrs from three different ethnic groups (Chinese, Indian and European) living on the margins of the tourist industry in Hawaii. The intrusion of the tourist industry into what was once their living/leisure space has led these women to create a parallel living/leisure space which is within, but not part of the tourist paradise in which they live. This parallel living/leisure space was also occupied by the author, who spent three manths in Hawaii as a researcher, living in the high density tourist area of Waikiki in Hawaii and participating in many living/leisure activities with one or more of the three women as an ‘embedded’ tourist’ (Fordham, 2005.) This paper explores the interactions between the author and three kamaina (local) women as “marginal natives” (Freilich, 1977) of the Hawaiian tourist industry.