ABSTRACT
Transnational second home migration has become a topic of increasing academic interest (Williams and Hall 2002; Hall and Müller 2004; Gallent, Mace and Tewdwr-Jones 2005; Hall 2006, 2011; McIntyre, Williams and McHugh 2006; Paris 2011), particularly in the European context where mobility and foreign property ownership have become easier as a result of European Union policies (O'Reilly 2000, 2007; Breuer 2005; Janoschka 2010; Åkerlund 2011; Lampič and Mrak 2012). However, despite the general interest in second home tourism and mobility there are only a limited number of studies that look specifically at cross-border second home tourism. These include studies of Germans in Sweden (Müller 1999); British in France (Hoggart and Buller 1995; Puzzo 2007; Benson 2009) and in Spain (O'Reilly 2000, 2007; Casado-Díaz 2009; Janoschka 2010; Haas 2012); US citizens in Mexico (Truly 2002; Torres and Momsen 2005a, 2005b; Janoschka 2009); Hong Kong Chinese second homes in the Chinese mainland (Hui and Yu 2009); Norwegians in Sweden (Müller 2011); and Russians in Finland (Lipkina 2011, in press; Pitkänen 2011).
