Naslov
Quarantining in Croatia: Has the Covid-19 Pandemic Spurred Homeland Return?

Autori
Hornstein Tomić, Caroline ; Bagić, Dora ; Kurilić, Maja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Research & Innovation Forum 2021: Managing Continuity, Innovation, and Change in the Post-Covid World: Technology, Politics and Society / Visvizi, Anna ; Troisi, Orlando ; Saeedi, Kawther - Cham : Springer, 2021, 529-539

ISBN
978-3-030-84310-6

Skup
The Research and Innovation Forum (Rii Forum 2021)

Mjesto i datum
Online, 07.04.2021. - 09.04.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Covid-19 pandemic ; return migration ; mobility ; temporary residence ; digital nomads

Sažetak
Since the early phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, Croats living outside Croatia have returned to their – or their ancestors' - country of origin as a response to lockdown measures in their countries of residence. At the same time, digital nomads have chosen Croatia as a destination for temporary residence and remote work. By choosing and promoting Croatia as a destination for temporary living, both groups have triggered awareness of the potential and need for developing all-year, long-term tourism infrastructure, and for facilitating resident status for foreign citizens who want to stay on beyond the permitted three months for tourists. Policymakers have swiftly reacted by easing visa regulations for third country nationals, and also the local hospitality industry is taking action to improve and adjust its offers. Obviously, temporary returnees and digital nomads are both relevant and intersecting target groups for a classic emigration country like Croatia: as consumers, transferers of social remittances, and as potential permanent residents. With a shrinking population and confronted with the massive brain drain of its well-educated millennial generation, Croatia has a vital interest in regaining and attracting new residents of reproductive and working age who engage in “liquid” mobility in an internationalized environment for career development and currently under the impact of a global pandemic. We present first findings of a pilot study in which we research these dynamics and discuss policy responses that (could) capitalize on them.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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