Open this publication in new window or tab >>2014 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, ISSN 1502-2250, E-ISSN 1502-2269, Vol. 14, no 4, p. 403-421Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This paper analyses the importance of tourism employment for in-migration to Malung/Salen and alvdalen, two rural municipalities hosting two major tourist destinations in the southern Swedish mountains. It uses micro-data from a database that includes, among many other variables, residence and employment information. This work is explorative and uses longitudinal data that permit examining individuals and go beyond simple net employment figures to show that many in-migrants to these municipalities are employed in tourism and constitute part of what is defined as the "creative workforce" in the local labour market. In this sense, tourism employment is found to be a pull factor for in-migration of highly skilled and well-paid people.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2014
Keywords
in-migration, tourism employment, labour market, creative class, regional development, rural Sweden
National Category
Social and Economic Geography
Research subject
Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis, General Microdata Analysis - tourism
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:du-16287 (URN)10.1080/15022250.2014.968000 (DOI)000343824300004 ()2-s2.0-84919974477 (Scopus ID)
2014-11-062014-11-062021-11-12Bibliographically approved