“A Little Unspoilt Paradise”: Profile and Practices of Tourism-Related Lifestyle Migrant Entrepreneurs in Southern Portugal

This paper investigates the potential of the fairly recent phenomenon of entrepreneurial lifestyle migration, in the context of rural Algarve (Portugal) from the perspective of lifestyle migrant entrepreneurs (LMEs) and their socioeconomic contribution to the development of rural areas. The study fo...

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Main Authors:	Filipa Perdigão Ribeiro, Kate Torkington, Sandra Rebelo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being (CinTurs) 2025-03-01
Series:	Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being
Subjects:	rural entrepreneurship lifestyle migrant entrepreneurs rural tourism low density areas algarve (portugal)
Online Access:	http://www.cieo.pt/journal/J_1_2025/article1.pdf
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