14 research outputs found
The Impact of Second Home Tourism on Local Economic Development in Rural Areas in Norway
Properties of first-time vs. repeat visitors: lessons for marketing Norwegian ski resorts
Trade and Value Developments in the Danish Second-Home Sector: Implications for Tourism Policies
The Internationalization of Rural Municipalities: Norwegian Second Home Owners in Northern Bohuslän, Sweden
Seasonal trading and lifestyle motivation: experiences of small tourism businesses in Scotland
This article explores relationships between tourism seasonality and the lifestyle motivations of small tourism businesses, fundamentally a supply-side perspective of seasonality. Seasonal trading decisions are subject to a number of influences, not all of which are in the operator's control. Drawing from exploratory research undertaken in Scotland, the article argues that for some operators, especially located in rural and peripheral destination areas, lifestyle enterprise can confer a range of benefits, some of which are afforded by operating the business on a seasonal basis. Moreover, seasonal trading was seen to assume a number of distinct roles, reflecting various characteristics of lifestyle operators. Accordingly, public policies that seek to promote seasonal extension based on the premise of local economic development or destination objectives are not necessarily destined to work. This is particularly pertinent if such policies do not recognise the wider supply-side dynamics of seasonal trading and fail to engage with the lifestyle aspirations of the operators themselves