Abstract
This presentation is about my research in the Taghazout village of Morocco, where I have been following the causes and consequences of major changes over the past few years; from a fishing village not so much influenced by tourism has become a popular center of surfers from all over the world and the base of foreign investors, which has completely changed the character of this place. A large part of these surfers are so-called lifestyle migrants, who are permanently settled in Taghazout and form an international community here - mainly British, Dutch, German, French and Spanish.
I focus first on surfing as the cause of these changes and the main theme of lifestyle migration; I describe it in terms of history, subculture and lifestyle sport. Then I focus on lifestyle migration and sport tourism, which are very closely related topics.
Finally, I present my own multi-layered position in the field and the changes that occurred in Taghazout along with lifestyle migration.