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...
| Published in: | Rural Society |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism
2019
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-38456 https://doi.org/10.1080/10371656.2020.1718329 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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