“…It provides convincing explanation regarding the growth of many regions in Canada (Shearmur, 2016), France (Talandier, 2016) and Switzerland (Segessemann & Crevoisier, 2016), which are attractive for commuters, retirees and students. A second approach, the 'presential economy' (Guex, 2014;Vollet, 2007), analyses how the presence and the expenses of increasingly mobile consumers in some places generate economic activities. Mobile consumers can choose where they spend their money, and the expansion of the tourism sector has also contributed to this mobility on the supply side.…”