This book analyses how deeply Finnish and Polish second-home owners are integrated into the community's economy. It evaluates second homes considered as a dynamically growing constituent of rural landscape in Europe. The author examines the key drivers of the consumer's behaviour and what the impact of their spending is on the local economy.
Adam Czarnecki is a Rural Geographer and Economist. He is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, Polish Academy of Sciences. He was successful in achieving a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Karelian Institute at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu (2012-2014). His research interests include: second-home tourism, rural multifunctionality, rural entrepreneurship, local development, sustainable development and urbanization.