Abstract
This article is build on my diploma thesis research, which I conducted in the Taghazout village in Morocco. I followed the causes and consequences of major changes caused by (sport) tourism and lifestyle migration.
From a small fishing village, which was not too much influenced by tourism in 2010, has become a popular destination for surfers from all over the world and the home of foreign investors, which has changed its character. In the introduction, I present surfing as a lifestyle sport that is the primary cause of a change, describing its history and the subculture it creates.
I also introduce the phenomenon of lifestyle migration and sport tourism, which are very closely intertwined themes. In the study, I focus more closely on lifestyle migrants in the village and on the impact of sports tourism and lifestyle migration on the local relations of the local population, as the influx of tourists and lifestyle migrants causes intercultural partnerships despite the tradition of a rather conservative village, where are still common agreed marriages.
With the spread of surfing, the exposed women also come to a society where it is a preference (but not a duty) to be covered, causing conflicting reactions of the local population.