Tolérance de la population de la région d’Irkoutsk : l’attitude envers les immigrants et les touristes étrangers

Abstract

This article aims to study how foreign migrants and tourists are perceived by the population living in the district of Irkutsk (Irkutsk oblast) and to analyse degrees of tolerance to different groups of migrants and tourists. The degree of ethnic tolerance was evaluated and assessed on the basis of 2018 sociological study. The calculation of the ethnic tolerance index of the local population shows contrasting attitudes towards the geographical origin of the different flows of migrants. Groups of foreign migrants which are perceived more negatively are identified as migrants from Central Asian countries, Caucasia and Transcaucasia, as well as China. Personal contacts with foreign migrants differentiate and mitigate this negative attitude. The results also show that foreign tourists are perceived with less apprehension and suspicion relatively to foreign migrants. The “old” tourist flows from Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, and South Korea are positively perceived with a friendly-to-neutral attitude. Tourists from China are poorly regarded.

Keywords

• Ethnic tolerance
• Index of ethnic tolerance
• Attitude to foreign migrants
• Attitude to foreign tourists