The purpose of this study was to find out how owners of mobile second homes like caravans can be potential buyers of stationary second homes in the small ski resort "Borgafjäll", and what kind of factors can affect the choice of mobile second homes. To answer the research questions for this essay a qualitative method was used. The qualitative date intended the semi-structured interviews used as a complement to the questionnaire for this study. The questionnaire has contributed the explanation of how caravan owners are thinking about own a stationary second home in Borgafjäll, while the semi-structured interviews gave a deeper information about the respondents thoughts about mobile- and stationary second homes. The result of the collected data showed that the caravans in the camping area in Borgafjäll are more stationary than mobile. The result also shows that several of the caravan owners are potential buyers of a stationary second home in Borgafjäll. The caravan owners conveyed that they are not in a hurry to buy or build a stationary second home yet, because they feel that they already have a second home on wheels, and it makes them feel free and have no hurry to establish a stationary second home.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-184514 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Öhman, Ida |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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