“…However, by analysing their practices in places of tourism, Leroux (2007) concludes that contemporary wanderers pass through the same spaces as other tourists, but according to different modes and rhythms. Being in control of distance (Vacher, 2014), temporalities (Lachance, 2013) and spatial and technological skills (Kaufmann, 2005) favours the preservation of a familiar universe within "otherness" (Kaufmann, 2005). In this framework, Gallez and Kaufmann (2009) question positive mobility, arguing that hypermobile individuals are not necessarily the most mobile, but that their decision-making strategies aim to protect themselves from risks.…”