- Title
- The tourism value of international freedom campers to New Zealand
- Creator
- Fieger, Peter; Prayag, Girish; Hall, C. Michael; North, Chris
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/185738
- Identifier
- vital:16742
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2019.1660042
- Identifier
- ISBN:0250-8281 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- This study evaluates the economic contribution of international freedom campers to New Zealand over the period 1997–2018. Using the International Visitor Survey (IVS) data, we categorise tourism activities undertaken by freedom campers as free, low value and high value and estimate whether over this period the proportion for each category increases or decreases. We also compare the economic value of the activities undertaken by freedom campers with those undertaken by tourists staying in commercial accommodation. The findings show that over the last 21 years, freedom campers have undertaken more free activities compared to those staying in hotels, motels and luxury accommodation. However, their uptake of high expense activities are similar to tourists staying in B&Bs or homestay, and camping/national park. Accordingly, this research note demystifies the perception that freedom campers are cheap tourists with nothing to contribute economically. © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Relation
- Tourism Recreation Research Vol. 45, no. 2 (2020), p. 265-270
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2019 Informa UK Limited
- Subject
- 3508 Tourism; 4406 Human geography; Economic impact; Freedom camping; Mobility; New Zealand; Tourist activities
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