Lifestyle Migration and                     the Quest for a Life-long Vacation

Ibrahim, Zainub; Tremblay, Rémy

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“…the "capitalist world" and is based on a strong commitment with sustainability and connection with nature. However, other immigrants mention reasons with less ideological factors envolved and eventually more self-centered, related with the individual concern of searching for a better way of living either by living a more peaceful life away from the urban fuss or by the possibility of realizing a personal project (agricultural or other) more in line with the reasons described by Benson and O'Reilly (2009) and Ibrahim and Tremblay (2017). This distinction-between (outside urban areas) and also a qualitative analysis, based on six interviews with expats (which involved nine people).…”

Section: Motivationsmentioning

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“…However, demographic, social, economic, technological and political changes 1 resulted in an increase of mobility lifestyles in all ages, young adults and seniors and in mobilities mixing different rationalities, as economic with recreational or even ideological or humanitarian motives. This is the case of lifestyle migrants who choose to pursue a new life in the new locale by motives that often involves a new work-life balance, a better quality of life and freedom from prior constraints O'Reilly 2009, 2016;O'Reilly and Benson 2009;Ibrahim and Tremblay 2017;Sun and Xu 2019). Lifestyle migration has been increasing in recent years and has been grounded on changes in value systems and facilitated by teleworking (Williams and Hall 2000).…”

Section: New Mobilities: Between Tourism and Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Tourism, Immigrants and Lifestyle Entrepreneurship: The (In)coming of People as a Key Factor for Sustainability of Low-Density Territories—A Case Study in Portugal

Dinis

2021

Tourism, Hospitality &Amp; Event Management

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Using the lens of the new patterns of mobility and lifestyle entrepreneurship in the context of counterurbanization movements, this chapter explores the relationship between tourism and immigration, beyond the traditional approach of immigrants as tourism entrepreneurs. The study focusses on a Portuguese rural county, Penamacor, which, for several decades, has suffered a continuous exodus of population and the consequent aging of the remaining population but where, recently, there was a spontaneous phenomenon of foreign people arriving and settling in the area. Thus, through the case of Penamacor, this study aims to answer the following questions: Who are these migrants, and what are their motivations for mobility and to settle in the territory? Are they all the same? How do they make a living in Penamacor? In particular, it seeks to understand whether entrepreneurship (in tourism or other sectors) is a possibility of income generation for these immigrants. Furthermore, it intends to understand what the impact of these immigrants in the territory is, concerning the creation of wealth and well-being in the community. Do they act as community entrepreneurs? Does their presence in the territory generate other mobility flows, through the attraction of other (family and friends) tourists or immigrants?

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Section: Motivationsmentioning

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Section: New Mobilities: Between Tourism and Migrationmentioning

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Tourism, Immigrants and Lifestyle Entrepreneurship: The (In)coming of People as a Key Factor for Sustainability of Low-Density Territories—A Case Study in Portugal

Dinis

2021

Tourism, Hospitality &Amp; Event Management

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“…The importance of Southern Europe as a major destination for Northern European tourists and a growing number of lifestyle migrants has been well acknowledged in the research literature (e.g., Jover & Díaz-Parra, 2020). Tourism can be understood as the temporary travel or stay of people in destinations other than their usual residence (Ibrahim & Tremblay, 2017). While the majority of people in the western world participate in touristic activities, lifestyle migration is a highly nuanced phenomenon.…”

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“…This is the way they also distinguish themselves from other migration forms that are typically production-oriented (Benson & O'Reilly, 2016, p. 22). Nevertheless, Ibrahim & Tremblay (2017) claim that while lifestyle migration might be fuelled specifically by one category, the other may still have a secondary role in the process. Lifestyle migration has been documented both regarding the act of migration (where lifestyle migrants migrate, why, and how) and the lived experience following migration (Benson & Osbaldiston, 2014), as well as geographical arbitrage (the act of relocating day-to-day expenses to low-cost locations to provide a higher quality of life; Hayes, 2014).…”

Section: Theoretical Debatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a historical phenomenon, migration is currently growing and diversifying. Residential tourism, second-home ownership, work-related multilocality, retirement migration, lifestyle migration, migration due to political unrest, as well as war, and poor economic opportunities; all these different kinds of voluntary and involuntary migration make people move around the globe and impact both the countries of origin as well as the destinations (e.g., Frauser, 2020;Ibrahim & Tremblay, 2017;Salvati & Benassi, 2020;Torkington, 2010;Williams & Hall, 2000). This article investigates a specific small-scale migration movement, namely that of relatively affluent Northern Europeans moving to Southern Europe in order to work in low-paid jobs.…”

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“Live Like a Lifelong Tourist”? The Contradicting Realities of Finnish Offshore Service Workers in Athens

Lilius

Balampanidis

2020

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Contrasting the mass out-migration of the younger populace following the economic crisis in Greece and the simultaneous large inflow of refugees, the city of Athens has lately become an attractive place for tourists and lifestyle migrants. This article provides a better understanding of the marginal, yet unexplored in-migration of relatively affluent Europeans moving to Athens to work in the growing offshore service sector. Athens is an attractive place for offshore service work companies, as low salaries can be compensated for by “the sun,” “Greek culture,” and “low cost and high standard of living” (Bellos, 2019). Based on interviews with Finnish offshore workers, this article argues that the local context might not render all lifestyle migrants from wealthier countries similarly privileged. Due to their low salaries and recent changes in the local housing market fuelled by touristification, offshore service workers face a lack of affordable housing. The article further argues that affluent transnational migration is a multidimensional phenomenon, which needs to be contextualized, and which has nuanced, widespread effects on local housing markets and neighbourhood life.

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International immigration and entrepreneurship in rural areas of the Spanish Pyrenees

Mendoza

2023

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The academic literature on international immigration into rural areas has clearly identified two main international migration flows: retirement migration and low-skilled migration in farming. Yet, the emphasis on these two types of international immigrants has overlooked other types of incomers, such as professionals, lifestyle movers, immigrant entrepreneurs and self-employed workers who may potentially have positive impacts on local rural economies and societies. Filling a gap in the literature, this paper concentrates on immigrant entrepreneurship in the Spanish Pyrenees. In doing so, it explores connections between local economies, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle immigration. It also analyses the potential of immigrant entrepreneurs to contribute to local economic growth with the different types of capital they possess (e.g. human capital, social capital). Methodology, it is based on a fieldwork carried out in the Spanish Pyrenees between February and May 2022. Specifically, it has been carried out 31 in-depth interviews with foreign-born immigrants in two areas of the Spanish Pyrenees (Girona and Huesca). The non-representative sample is equally distributed among immigrant entrepreneurs, self-employed workers, and employees, and it was also balanced by sex and covered different ages, covering, thus, a broad spectrum of immigrants’ labour incorporations. Our results add new evidence to previous discussions on immigrant entrepreneurship and lifestyle immigration, from the viewpoint of rural mountain areas. Interviewed immigrant entrepreneurs occasionally play a key role in the creation and introduction of innovative products in very specific market niches in farming and tourism in the Pyrenees. In this way, immigrants stimulate local economies, and help to strengthen values on sustainability, community and sense of place. Yet the companies they create are often limited in both size and capital, and these circumstances generally produce only a slight impact on local economic development and job creation in the Pyrenees

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Lifestyle Migration and the Quest for a Life-long Vacation

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Tourism, Immigrants and Lifestyle Entrepreneurship: The (In)coming of People as a Key Factor for Sustainability of Low-Density Territories—A Case Study in Portugal

Tourism, Immigrants and Lifestyle Entrepreneurship: The (In)coming of People as a Key Factor for Sustainability of Low-Density Territories—A Case Study in Portugal

“Live Like a Lifelong Tourist”? The Contradicting Realities of Finnish Offshore Service Workers in Athens

International immigration and entrepreneurship in rural areas of the Spanish Pyrenees

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