"Live Like a Lifelong Tourist"? The Contradicting Realities of Finnish Offshore Service Workers in Athens
Loading...
Access rights
openAccess
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
This publication is imported from Aalto University research portal.
View publication in the Research portal
View/Open full text file from the Research portal
Other link related to publication
View publication in the Research portal
View/Open full text file from the Research portal
Other link related to publication
Date
2020-07-28
Department
Major/Subject
Mcode
Degree programme
Language
en
Pages
12
177-188
177-188
Series
Urban Planning, Volume 5, issue 3
Abstract
Contrasting the mass out-migration of the younger populace following the economic crisis in Greece and the simultaneous large inflow of refugees, the city of Athens has lately become an attractive place for tourists and lifestyle migrants. This article provides a better understanding of the marginal, yet unexplored in-migration of relatively affluent Europeans moving to Athens to work in the growing offshore service sector. Athens is an attractive place for offshore service work companies, as low salaries can be compensated for by "the sun," "Greek culture," and "low cost and high standard of living" (Bellos, 2019). Based on interviews with Finnish offshore workers, this article argues that the local context might not render all lifestyle migrants from wealthier countries similarly privileged. Due to their low salaries and recent changes in the local housing market fuelled by touristification, offshore service workers face a lack of affordable housing. The article further argues that affluent transnational migration is a multidimensional phenomenon, which needs to be contextualized, and which has nuanced, widespread effects on local housing markets and neighbourhood life.Description
Keywords
Athens, lifestyle migration, offshore service workers, touristification, transnational gentrification, STYLE, MIGRATION, IMPACT, PLACE
Other note
Citation
Lilius, J & Balampanidis, D 2020, ' "Live Like a Lifelong Tourist"? The Contradicting Realities of Finnish Offshore Service Workers in Athens ', Urban Planning, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 177-188 . https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v5i3.2990
