Resorts’ second home tourism and regional development: a viewpoint of a Northern periphery
During the last decades, tourism has been utilised as a vehicle to stimulate regional development particularly in peripheral areas. In the tourism phenomenon, resorts are centres for tourism functions, and second home tourism is part of those functions. The aim of this study is to scrutinise the nex...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:179fc1a44bc44c9fb70a1386a876c2df 2023-05-15T17:42:30+02:00 Resorts’ second home tourism and regional development: a viewpoint of a Northern periphery Pekka Kauppila 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/179fc1a44bc44c9fb70a1386a876c2df EN FI eng fin The Geographical Society of Northern Finland https://nordia.journal.fi/article/view/75969 https://doaj.org/toc/1238-2086 https://doaj.org/toc/2736-9722 1238-2086 2736-9722 https://doaj.org/article/179fc1a44bc44c9fb70a1386a876c2df Nordia Geographical Publications, Vol 38, Iss 5 (2009) Geography (General) G1-922 article 2009 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T10:11:59Z During the last decades, tourism has been utilised as a vehicle to stimulate regional development particularly in peripheral areas. In the tourism phenomenon, resorts are centres for tourism functions, and second home tourism is part of those functions. The aim of this study is to scrutinise the nexus of second home tourism and regional development in the context of Northern periphery. Statistical analysis is addressed to four large resorts in Northern Finland. The results show that purpose-built second homes are typical for attractive, peripheral resorts. Therefore, they are ‘hot spots’ with respect to regional development representing dynamic regions. In terms of the absolute distance, a substantial proportion of private second home owners lives further than the weekend zone having an influence on the occupation rates and the economic impacts of the regions of destination. From the perspective of positive regional development, the ideal location for a resort would be in the hinterland of large population centres in a touristic, attractive landscape. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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During the last decades, tourism has been utilised as a vehicle to stimulate regional development particularly in peripheral areas. In the tourism phenomenon, resorts are centres for tourism functions, and second home tourism is part of those functions. The aim of this study is to scrutinise the nexus of second home tourism and regional development in the context of Northern periphery. Statistical analysis is addressed to four large resorts in Northern Finland. The results show that purpose-built second homes are typical for attractive, peripheral resorts. Therefore, they are ‘hot spots’ with respect to regional development representing dynamic regions. In terms of the absolute distance, a substantial proportion of private second home owners lives further than the weekend zone having an influence on the occupation rates and the economic impacts of the regions of destination. From the perspective of positive regional development, the ideal location for a resort would be in the hinterland of large population centres in a touristic, attractive landscape. |
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Resorts’ second home tourism and regional development: a viewpoint of a Northern periphery |
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Resorts’ second home tourism and regional development: a viewpoint of a Northern periphery |
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Resorts’ second home tourism and regional development: a viewpoint of a Northern periphery |
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The Geographical Society of Northern Finland |
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