Late life second move housing choices of international retiree migrants

Purpose – Many international retirement migrants are amenity movers undertaking the first move in the late life course model of migration. The purpose of this paper is to examine second moves within the retirement destination community to test whether the model of late life course migration accurately portrays the motivations and housing choices local movers make after retiring to another country. Design/methodology/approach – The paper combines secondary data and survey results to examine the composition of the retiree migrant population in the Alicante province of Spain. The socioeconomic characteristics and housing choices of those who have made a second move since retiring to Spain are compared with those who have not moved through a series of t-tests and chi-square tests. Findings – The paper finds that those who have made a second move within Spain are somewhat typical of second movers in the late life course. They are likely to cite mobility or health problems as a reason for moving and appear to recognize the need for a home that provides living area on one floor. Yet, they are choosing to move within an area that does not provide them with access to informal family care givers. Research limitations/implications – The data are restricted to retirees of two nationalities in one province of Spain. Further research is suggested in other locations and with retirees of other nationalities for comparison. Practical implications – Because many international retirees do not plan to return to their countries of origin, they will create demand for formal in-home care services and supportive retiree housing in the near future in their retirement destination countries. Originality/value – This paper provides understanding of a growing consumer housing segment in retirement destinations.

Linking tourism, retirement migration and social capital

A general trend in the study of international retirement migration has been the increased attention paid to the social contacts and network connections of the migrants in both the destination and the origin areas. These studies have examined the extent to which migrants build social relationships with their neighbours and the host society while also maintaining social links with their countries of origin, addressing the central role that leisure travel plays in sustaining increasingly dispersed social networks and maintaining the social capital of these networks and of the individuals involved in them. Using a case study approach to examine British retirement migration to Spain, we explore the relevance of transnational social networks in the context of international retirement migration, particularly the intensity of bidirectional visiting friends and relatives (VFR) tourism flows and the migrants’ social contacts with friends and/or family back in their home country. Building on the concept of social capital and Putnam's distinction between bonding and bridging social capital, we propose a framework for the analysis of the migrants’ international social networks. The results of a study conducted based on a sample of 365 British retirees living in the coast of Alicante (Spain) show both the strength of the retirees’ international bonding social capital and the role of ‘VFR's travel and communication technologies in sustaining the migrants’ transnational social practices and, ultimately, their international bonding social capital. It also provides evidence for the reinforcing links between tourism-related mobility and amenity-seeking migration in later life.

Modelo de negocio para mejorar la competitividad de la cadena productiva del cuy en Lambayeque-Perú

El principal problema que atraviesan los pequeños productores en la región Lambayeque y en su mayoría a nivel nacional es el bajo nivel de competitividad en sus respectivas cadenas productivas, esto se debe a que no cuentan con una adecuada gestión asociativa y empresarial, desconocen técnicas en manejos productivo y presentan deficiente articulación comercial teniendo como efecto directo bajos niveles de calidad de vida. La presente investigación tiene como objetivo principal plantear un modelo de negocio para mejorar la competitividad de la cadena productiva del cuy en una organización cooperativa de productores de cuyes del distrito de Mórrope, identificando los factores que determinan la competitividad, además plasmando los diversos elementos, componentes, estrategias y actividades que se unen para concretar el objetivo principal. Se presentará un diagnóstico inicial de la Cooperativa en estudio, los datos obtenidos son resultado de visitas y talleres con los asociados quienes respondieron a una encuesta y entrevistas, así mismo para el diagnóstico regional de la cadena del cuy se realizó la búsqueda de información primaria y secundaria, reforzado con entrevistas a especialistas del tema a nivel regional. Finalmente se utilizó la herramienta del marco lógico y del lienzo de modelo de negocio “Canvas” para plasmar la propuesta de mejora de la competitividad en beneficio de la cooperativa en estudio y que servirá como base para replicarse en otras organizaciones siendo acompañada de propuestas reales, validadas por especialistas.

Research in Tourism Course Presentation

Research in Tourism is an optional course that is taught during the second semester of the fourth year of the Undergraduate Degree in Sociology. It is directly linked to Sociology of Tourism. It is held in English.