| Reference | Tourism migrant categories |
| Carson et al. (2014, p. 359), in | 1) Migrant tourist workers: who have mostly lifestyle-related motivations and repetitively travel between places and jobs; 2) Practiced seasonal workers: who combine seasonal tourism work with jobs during off-season elsewhere and have relatively predictable cyclical patterns of mobility 3) Working-holiday tourist: who chase temporary work opportunities to earn income while traveling the world 4) Temporary seasonal workers: who have more random work patterns and may engage in seasonal tourism work as a one-off opportunity, usually for economic reasons; 5) Hobbyist: who works in tourism to satisfy personal leisure interests; 6) Place-attached seasonal workers: who live in the seasonal workplace or have prior connections to the place through family ties or previous tourist experience. |
| O’Reilly 1995, in | 1) Expatriates. 2) Residents. 3) Seasonal visitors. 4) Returners and tourists. |
| | 1) Tourism migrant workers who reside permanently in the destination. 2) Tourism migrant workers who reside semi-permanently in the destination. |
| | 1) Permanent migrants 2) Temporary migrants |