期刊名称：European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation
印刷版ISSN：1647-9254
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：2
页码：35-55
出版社：Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
摘要：The growing omnipresence of second homes in Portugal and the inherent changes in land use have been discussion topics among policy - and opinion -makers, but the complexity of this phenomenon has not yet become part of the territorial development re- - tan Area (LMA) with a rapidly rising tourism industry, particularly residential. The majority of second home owners are LMA residents, followed by Portuguese emigrants and foreigners. These groups differ in frequency of use of second homes, given that LMA residents and emigrants are mostly economically active couples with children, while foreigners are predominately retirees. The former two groups are similar in terms of lower tendency to change sec- of expansion of second homes owned by LMA residents and foreigners is much higher than of emigrants. All three groups prefer individual renovated old houses in the countryside. This partly explains why local authorities emphasize positive impacts of second home expansion in the countryside of the Oeste Region. Furthermore, given the declining and aged agricultural population, the expansion of second homes is viewed as a positive externally -driven demographic compensation.
