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Title: Islands on the move: Non-mass tourism and migration in El Hierro (Spain) and Pico (Portugal)
Authors: Mendoza Pérez, Cristobal 
Domínguez Mujica, Josefina 
Parreño Castellano, Juan Manuel 
Keywords: International migration
Tourism life cycle
Life transitions
Small islands
El Hierro (Spain), et al
Issue Date: 2025
Project: ELDEMOR (Endogenous Local Development and Mobilities in Rural Areas of Spanish and Portuguese Peripherical Regions) project that has been funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (CNS2022-135614)
REFRAMING NON-METROPOLITAN LEFT BEHIND PLACES THROUGH MOBILITY AND ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT Programme for Research and Innovation under grant agreement no. 101094087 (EUROPEAN RESEARCH EXECUTIVE AGENCY (REA))
Desarrollo Local Endógenoy Movilidades en Áreas Rurales de Regiones Periféricas de Españay Portugal
Journal: Annals of tourism research empirical insights 
Abstract: This paper examines migration inflows in El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) and Pico (Azores, Portugal) and their relationship with tourism. It investigates how immigrants' work-life transitions are linked to tourism involvement, highlighting how migration reshapes the islands' economies. Immigrants contribute to shifting the productive model from pre-tourism structures to economies increasingly dominated by tourism. The analysis concludes that these islands do not fit neatly into traditional classifications of island tourism development. Instead, they represent a unique typology, marked by the early arrival of enterprising foreign immigrants. This shift is driven by both local conditions and global influences, such as globalization, digitalization, and EU membership, positioning these islands within a broader economic and social transformation.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/136679
ISSN: 0160-7383 (impreso) 1873-7722 (en línea)
DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2025.100171
Source: Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights [2666-9579], nº 6 (2025), 100171
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