First and foremost, I would like to thank my Lord Jesus Christ, for He has granted me countless blessing, grace, wisdom, and knowledge throughout the entire period of my study and especially during the writing process of this thesis. Let all praise and glory be only unto Him. Secondly, I would like to express my gratitude to my thesis supervisor, Dr C. M. Lin for her encouragement, patience, comments, criticism, constant help and advice to qualify the content of this thesis. A special thanks to Dr. Karen Maas and the whole committee of Erasmus Education Fund, who have supported me with scholarship for the three years of my study. The completion of this thesis is also made possible with the support from my beloved family. My deepest gratitude to my parents, Charles Sitorus and Ursula Silalahi, who have supported me financially, morally, and spiritually. I am utterly grateful for their everlasting love, continuous prayers, encouragement, inspiration, and ideas. My sincere thanks also to my two brothers Gerald Gifford and Hansen Hubert, for their affection, prayers, and insights. I also wish to extend my gratitude to all my friends in Rotterdam, Delft, and Jakarta, who have spared their time to continually support me whenever I am in need. I am more than blessed to have them throughout the process of completing my Bachelor study. Finally, I am thankful for everyone who has contributed in helping me with the completion of this thesis, including the Datateam at Erasmus University Library who supported me with data collection. Once again, my sincere thanks to all.

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and characteristics of their product program. Moreover, future research has to clarify to what extent new business formation is determined by previous or expected growth and to what extent start-ups have an effect on economic growth independent of an already existent development trend.

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The aim of this thesis was to analyze the motivational factors of second home purchases in Northern Cyprus and also to provide a better understanding of second home motives. The analyzing was done by interviewing people who already have a property in NC or are thinking about a purchase. The attitudes of second home owners are investigated in order to assess the pull factors of Northern Cyprus for second home owners. This study could be useful for further research as well as for the Tourism Association of Northern Cyprus. The theoretical framework is based on second-homes phenomenon overview and definition. Then the motivational factors in owning a second home overseas are discussed. Also, different types of consumer segmentation are reviewed. For a better understanding of a destination place which is related to the empirical study, the background of the Turkish part of Cyprus and tourism development in Northern Cyprus are described. The research was made using the qualitative study method. A survey was conducted in order to collect the empirical data. A questionnaire was designed in

Firstly, I would like to thank my thesis supervisor, Ms Åsa Lillhannus, for her continuous support and feedback. She has encouraged me during the thesis writing process and gave her valuable suggestions which have helped me a lot. The completion of this thesis would not have been possible without her support. My sincere thanks to Nordea Bank. I would like to thank my parents and the rest of my family members for their special support during my education and life. I would also like to thank my friends for their continuous support. Thank you all.

Since 2003 I am living together with my partner Katrin Schulz in Amsterdam and we have two children: Simon (5 years old) and Hanna (3 years old). In 2011 we will (finally) marry.

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