Challenges for tourism-related lifestyle migrant entrepreneurship in rural areas of the Algarve, Portugal

Torkington, Kate; Eimermann, Marco; Perdigão Alexandre Ribeiro, Filipa; Conceição, Susana

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Challenges for tourism-related lifestyle migrant entrepreneurship in rural areas of the Algarve, Portugal

2025-04Artigo científico

datacite.subject.sdg	08:Trabalho Digno e Crescimento Económico
datacite.subject.sdg	11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis
datacite.subject.sdg	12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis
dc.contributor.author	Torkington, Kate
dc.contributor.author	Eimermann, Marco
dc.contributor.author	Perdigão Alexandre Ribeiro, Filipa
dc.contributor.author	Conceição, Susana
dc.date.accessioned	2026-04-17T09:36:33Z
dc.date.available	2026-04-17T09:36:33Z
dc.date.issued	2025-04
dc.description.abstract	Many rural areas in southern Europe have long suffered from outward migration but have recently been attracting new types of in-migration. This includes lifestyle migrant entrepreneurs (LMEs) seeking ways of improving their own quality of life and, at the same time, bringing new projects which aim to build on the potential and resources for rural tourism in their chosen destination place. Drawing on data from in-depth research interviews with LMEs and other stakeholders, this article stems from a research project focused on exploring tourism-related entrepreneurial lifestyle migration in the rural Algarve, in southern Portugal. Although this type of migration has often been identified as a potential driver for the sustainable development of both tourism activities and rural areas, this study focuses on the challenges identified, principally by the LMEs themselves, as regards the setting up, operationalisation and continuing activities of tourism-related businesses in rural areas of the Algarve. A variety of challenges were detected, at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels of the entrepreneurial migration process. The most recurrent problem faced is the level of bureaucracy and the difficulties encountered in legal processes. Although this is sometimes due to the language barrier, it is also related to the lack of clear information on procedures and the lack of specialised support. This finding points to the need for a greater level of cooperation and communication among the various stakeholders to ensure a more sustainable development of tourism in these rural areas.	eng
dc.description.sponsorship	10.54499/EXPL/GES-OUT/1395/2021
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103562
dc.identifier.issn	0743-0167
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/28706
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.peerreviewed	yes
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Rural Studies
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Entrepreneurship
dc.subject	Lifestyle migration
dc.subject	Rural tourism
dc.subject	Challenges
dc.subject	Algarve
dc.title	Challenges for tourism-related lifestyle migrant entrepreneurship in rural areas of the Algarve, Portugal	eng
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.startPage	103562
oaire.citation.title	Journal of Rural Studies
oaire.citation.volume	115
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person.givenName	Kate
person.givenName	Filipa
person.givenName	Susana
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