Towards a Better Life: "Lifestyle Migration"

Year 2010, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 31 - 47, 01.06.2010

İlkay Südaş Mustafa Mutluer

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.

Keywords: Lifestyle migration, retirement migration, Turkey

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DAHA İYİ BİR HAYATA DOĞRU: “YAŞAM BİÇİMİ GÖÇÜ"

Abstract

Yaşam biçimi göçü, refah düzeyi yüksek bireylerin, daha iyi bir yaşam sürdüreceklerini düşündükleri yerlere, iradi bir biçimde gerçekleştirdikleri tüm nüfus hareketlerinin içine alan, göreceli olarak yeni bir göç türüdür. Bu yeni nüfus hareketin tanımlanmasında çeşitli güçlükler söz konusudur. Bu güçlükler arasında, hareketin kalıcılık ya da geçicilik gibi niteliklerinin belirsizlik göstermesi, göçe katılanların motivasyonlar ve demografik özellikler açısından büyük çeşitlilik sergilemeleri ve birbirinden farklı nitelikteki (kıyı turizmi alanları, tarihsel özelliği olan yerleşmeler, kırsal alanlar vb.) destinasyonlara göç edilmesi sayılabilir. Bununla birlikte, göç destinasyonlarının genel olarak, Akdeniz iklim kuşağında yer aldığı; göçmenlerin, gönderen toplumlardaki ortalama yaşın üzerindeki bireyler oluştuğu ve bu hareketin, turizm ile sıkı bir bağlantısının bulunduğu gözlenmektedir. Bu makalede, yaşam biçimi göçü ifadesinin içerdiği kavramsal çeşitlilik ve görece yeni olan bu konunu kuramsal boyutu ile dünyadaki ve Türkiye’deki durumu üzerinde durulmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Yaşam biçimi göçü, emekli göçü, Türkiye

Keywords

Yaşam biçimi göçü, emekli göçü, Türkiye

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