Tourists go home – Tourists come back is a video series by Kalin Mihov, exploring the relationship between locals and tourists, which defines much of the social and cultural connections, movement and employment, housing, accommodation, landscape and nature in many destinations affected by seasonal tourism. A love-hate relationship that reminds the artist of the margarita game - he loves me, he loves me not - tourists go home, tourists come back.

In this work, Mihov examines social interactions within a small community, where he sought to replace his status as an artist and integrate into the group of seasonal workers. A neutral figure in this node who stands between locals and tourists and does not associate with either.

Through simple, repetitive actions, he cleaned part of the seashore in preparation for the new tourist season—mopping the jetty, scrubbing dirt from the rocky seaside, or carving out the perfect seat for tourists to use.

The video acts were presented at the Jelsa Art Biennial in the summer of 2025.