http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/hospitality Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 16 May 2026 19:54:16 -0400 Sat, 16 May 2026 19:54:16 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/669/a-couchsurfing-ethnography-traveling-and-connection-in-a-commodified-world By CiCi Siyue Liu - The past decades have seen significant expansion in the markets for commercial tourism, offering high-cost accommodation, luxury services, and resort getaways for the Western consumer. In the context of high expenditure-and-profit tourism, forms of alternative tourism distant from the commercial arena have emerged globally. Examples include Hospitality Exchange and the CouchSurfing Project. This ethnographic study analyzes the CouchSurfing Project as an emerging social and cultural phenomenon, and seeks to determine the shared meanings, values, and social interpretations of CouchSurfers that support... Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/669/a-couchsurfing-ethnography-traveling-and-connection-in-a-commodified-world