Nowadays, second homes are important for rural development and rural communities in many parts of the world. Second home owners are more committed to the place than tourists and other occasional visitors. However, they are not counted as full members of the local community, which is often seen as a coherent group of like‐minded people. This study examines the concept of community in the context of second home owners in a popular tourist region of Finnish Lapland. The study is based on diaries kept for one year by ten second home owners. The diaries are analysed as narratives that record happenings that the writers see as worth narrating. They show that various social contacts as well as media and nature create the entirety of the attachment to the second home place. Social contact occurs in many places, from services to nature environments. Also residents’ association seems to be an important forum of social influence. The authors suggest that more spaces for socialising are needed in order to have interaction between permanent residents and second home owners.

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新农村社区？第二房主关于芬兰拉普兰旅游区日常生活的叙述

如今，第二套房对于世界许多地区的农村发展和农村社区都很重要。与游客和其他偶尔来访的游客相比，二手房所有者对这个地方的投入更大。但是，他们不算作当地社区的正式成员，而当地社区经常被视为志趣相投的人的团结一致。这项研究在芬兰拉普兰的一个受欢迎的旅游区中，以第二房主为背景，研究了社区的概念。该研究基于十位第二个房主保存一年的日记。日记被分析为叙述，记录了作家认为值得叙述的事件。他们表明，各种社会交往以及媒体和大自然共同构成了对第二故乡的依恋。从服务到自然环境，社会接触发生在许多地方。居民协会似乎也是社会影响力的重要论坛。作者建议，需要更多的社交空间，以便永久居民和第二房主之间进行互动。