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Globalization and foreign amenity migrants: the case of foreign home owners in the Pomurska region in Slovenia

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  • Lampič Barbara
  • Mrak Irena

    (Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 2, Ljubljana)

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Slovenia became an independent state in 1991 with immigration flows in the country strengthening since 1998. The majority of the immigrants, mostly seeking employment, originate from the former Yugoslav republics. Parallel to this work migration flow from the south and after accession to the EU, Slovenia also attracted other types of migration from EU member states particularly amenity migrants. These amenity migrants show a strong interest in the Slovenian peripheral rural regions with its reasonably priced real estate and its natural landscape character. In the case of these foreign home owners an important question is whether and to what extent they are symptomatic of the processes of globalization? To address this, a detailed survey has been conducted in the Pomurska region located in eastern Slovenia and bordering Hungary, Austria and Croatia. The survey focused on foreign home owners who either became permanent residents or who are second home owners. The results of this empirical work prove very insightful of the processes going on in the region and the integration of migrants into rural society in Slovenia.

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  • Lampič Barbara & Mrak Irena, 2012. "Globalization and foreign amenity migrants: the case of foreign home owners in the Pomurska region in Slovenia," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 4(1), pages 45-56, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:eurcou:v:4:y:2012:i:1:p:45-56:n:4
    DOI: 10.2478/v10091-012-0013-8
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