Tourism is viewed as an increasingly important component of rural economic potential,
especially in peripheral regions of the UK. As a sector, however, it is dominated by low …

The paper discusses why well educated urban dwellers choose to move to rural areas and
start micro businesses, the problems they face, how they try to solve these problems and the …

A kgün AA, B aycan-L event T., N ijkamp P. and P oot J. Roles of local and newcomer
entrepreneurs in rural development: a comparative meta-analytic study, Regional Studies …

In this article, we examine rural heritage tourism through the lens of the evolutionary
economic geographer. We justify this perspective by arguing that cultural heritage tourism is …

This study examines the creative class group in Chinese tourism destinations made up of in‐
migration tourism entrepreneurs confronting the need to diversify away from city life. Based …

The paper draws on recent debates in the study of the space economy to explicate the
development of a newly differentiated global countryside. Using a case study of the …

In-migration is a key influence in the process of rural economic development in England,
Continental Europe and the US. New arrivals are often viewed in the literature as …

This article contrasts Sweden's tourism policy considering sustainable growth and increased
employment with experiences and evaluations of Dutch rural tourism entrepreneurs in …

Across most of Europe, the countryside seems to show a polarized development in which
large districts are depopulating, while certain areas, mainly around big-and mid-sized cities …

This paper examines how internal migration between local authority districts within the
United Kingdom has evolved during the first decade of the twenty-first century. Based on …