Author/Authors :
SÜDAŞ, İlkay Ege Üniversitesi - Edebiyat Fakültesi - Coğrafya Bölümü, Turkey , MUTLUER, Mustafa Ege Üniversitesi - Edebiyat Fakültesi - Coğrafya Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Towards a Better Life: “Lifestyle Migration”
Abstract :
Lifestyle migration terms the migration movement of relatively affluent individuals moving voluntarily to the places where they believe they can lead a better life. A certain definition of this type of migration is difficult. This difficulty is mainly based on the obscurity related to temporality or permanence of the movement; the diversity of migrants in aspect of their motivations and demographic characteristics and the difference of migration destinations. The destination may be a coastal resort, a historical town or a rural area. It is observed that immigrants are generally middle aged or elderly citizens of the affluent countries. There is a strong nexus between migration movement and tourism and lifestyle migration destinations are mostly located in the Mediterranean climate zone. In this article, the theoretical background of lifestyle migration is discussed and the general picture of this relatively new phenomenon is presented.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Lifestyle migration , retirement migration , Turkey
JournalTitle :
Aegean Geographical Journal
