Integration of “Ideal Migrants”: Dutch lifestyleexpat-preneurs in Swedish campgrounds
This article contributes to understanding migration and integrationexperiences of privileged intra-EU migrant entrepreneurs termed“lifestyle expat-preneurs” by discussing the role of ruralentrepreneurship in the processes of integration into sparselypopulated rural areas, as exemplified by the Dutch tourismentrepreneurs in northern Sweden. Specifically, this article focuseson campground entrepreneurship, a sub-segment of rural tourismlacking much academic research. Findings demonstrate theexperiences of intra-EU lifestyle expat-preneurs are absent fromcurrently dominating theoretical, as well... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | article in journal |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
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Mittuniversitetet
Institutionen för ekonomi geografi juridik och turism |
Schlagwörter: | immigration / integration / tourism / entrepreneurship / camping / Human Geography / Kulturgeografi |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26636902 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
Powered By: | BASE |
Link(s) : | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-38456 |
This article contributes to understanding migration and integrationexperiences of privileged intra-EU migrant entrepreneurs termed“lifestyle expat-preneurs” by discussing the role of ruralentrepreneurship in the processes of integration into sparselypopulated rural areas, as exemplified by the Dutch tourismentrepreneurs in northern Sweden. Specifically, this article focuseson campground entrepreneurship, a sub-segment of rural tourismlacking much academic research. Findings demonstrate theexperiences of intra-EU lifestyle expat-preneurs are absent fromcurrently dominating theoretical, as well as political, discourses onmigration and integration. The article concludes arguingcampground entrepreneurship is a powerful catalyst of lifestylemigration, but the very nature of this business is an inhibiting,rather than supporting factor, for rural community integration.