Sveta Alekseenko, left, and Jane Ratkinzheniya, both of Vladivostok, Russia on Wildwood Boardwalk. Photo by Lauren Suit

WILDWOOD — The beach and the boardwalk here don’t only draw waves of tourists, the summer season has also appealed to hundreds of international students working and traveling abroad.

For three months out of the year signs of the international invasion is everywhere, from the fleets of hand-me-down bicycles that travel the island to the lines at the cyber cafés.

But how much do we learn about the international visitors as they work two, sometimes three and four jobs, during the busy season here?