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For those interested in tourism and recreation as an industry or potential community economic development strategy or for those simply seeking a broader view of the general housing market, this is a good book to have on the shelf. - Journal of Regional Science </p> <i>Second Home Tourism in Europe</i> provides a broad-ranging, informative and research-based contemporary assessment of the contribution and impacts of second-home developments in a wide range of European countries. This contribution is timely...I would recommend this publication to researchers and policy-makers concerned with this increasingly influential but somewhat neglected aspect of lifestyle mobility. - Norman McIntyre, Lakehead University, Canada </p> .. .this is an easy-to-read book that provides a rich set of both theoretical background and industry experience on the phenomenon of second homes from a multidimensional perspective (i.e. social, cultural, economic, political and environmental). The book nicely integrates theoretical concepts with practical evidence and case studies gathered through a wide spectrum of international regions and destinations. Overall, the book provides a good and holistic overview of the multi-dimensional and dynamic phenomenon of second homes. - Tourism Planning and Development </p> .. . an impressive state of the art compendium of second home research in the European context. - Journal of Housing and the Built Environment</p>

For those interested in tourism and recreation as an industry or potential community economic development strategy or for those simply seeking a broader view of the general housing market, this is a good book to have on the shelf. - Journal of Regional Science Second Home Tourism in Europe provides a broad-ranging, informative and research-based contemporary assessment of the contribution and impacts of second-home developments in a wide range of European countries. This contribution is timely...I would recommend this publication to researchers and policy-makers concerned with this increasingly influential but somewhat neglected aspect of lifestyle mobility. - Norman McIntyre, Lakehead University, Canada ...this is an easy-to-read book that provides a rich set of both theoretical background and industry experience on the phenomenon of second homes from a multidimensional perspective (i.e. social, cultural, economic, political and environmental). The book nicely integrates theoretical concepts with practical evidence and case studies gathered through a wide spectrum of international regions and destinations. Overall, the book provides a good and holistic overview of the multi-dimensional and dynamic phenomenon of second homes. - Tourism Planning and Development ... an impressive 'state of the art' compendium of second home research in the European context. - Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

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