Working holidays have emerged as an alternative form of travel that provides the opportunity to work to subsidise a holiday. Existing studies are limited, particularly those focused on working holidaymakers from Latin America. Utilising the push-pull framework, this study explores the motivations of Latin Americans undertaking working holidays and the reasons for selecting New Zealand as a working holiday destination. Thematic analysis of the data collected from sixteen Latin American working holidaymakers revealed six push factors for undertaking a working holiday and five pull factors for selecting New Zealand as their destination. The findings from this study contribute to current understandings of working holidaymakers, particularly from Latin America. While the results support earlier studies of working holidays, Latin American working holidaymakers’ interest in exploring business opportunities in destinations is a novel study finding.

工作假期已成为一种替代旅行方式，为工作提供了补贴假期的机会。现有的研究是有限的，特别是那些侧重于拉丁美洲度假度假者的研究。利用推挽式框架，本研究探讨了拉丁美洲人从事工作假期的动机以及选择新西兰作为工作假期目的地的原因。对从16个拉丁美洲工作假期度假者收集的数据进行的主题分析显示，进行工作假期的六个推动因素和选择新西兰作为目的地的五个拉动因素。这项研究的发现有助于当前对度假度假者（尤其是拉丁美洲度假度假者）的了解。虽然这些结果支持了对工作假期的早期研究，