- Title
- VFR traveller demographics : The social tourism dimension
- Creator
- Backer, Elisa; King, Brian
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/156336
- Identifier
- vital:11419
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1177/1356766716665439
- Identifier
- ISSN:1356-7667
- Abstract
- The global phenomenon of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel is substantial, including in developed countries. In profiling its dimensions, researchers have examined various VFR characteristics including length of stay, origins and travel mode, though no thorough exploration has been undertaken of VFR demographics. Surprisingly this is the first large-scale study to examine VFR demographics and to consider all destination-related VFR data, not only those that are confined to purpose of visit. The researchers drew upon official Australian domestic travel data (n ¼ 81,579) to undertake a profile of the respective demographics of VFRs and non-VFRs. This assessment revealed that many people who would be classified as socio-economically disadvantaged engage in VFR travel. Previous literature has documented the lower participation of socio-economically disadvantaged groups in tourism and this article shows that they participate actively as VFRs. It is concluded that stimulating VFR travel provisionmay provide a mechanism for extending leisure experiences to those excluded from other forms of tourism.
- Publisher
- SAGE
- Relation
- Journal of Vacation Marketing Vol. , no. (2017), p. 1-14
- Rights
- Copyright © The Author(s) 2016
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- VFR travel; Visiting friends and relatives; Socio-economic disadvantage; Demographics; Social tourism; Quality of life; 1506 Tourism; 1505 Marketing
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