- Title
- The evolution of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel research : A content analysis
- Creator
- Yousuf, Mohammad; Backer, Elisa
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/156363
- Identifier
- vital:11414
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-0-98705076-2
- Abstract
- Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel is a significant form of tourism worldwide. Scholarly research into VFR commenced in 1990 and since then only one review of the literature has been conducted, which was a content analysis based exclusively on journal articles. That research, based from 1990-2010 highlighted that only 39 VFR articles had been published in tourism journals. Given the small number of publications identified, it was felt that an analysis encompassing a wider selection of publication forums would be valuable to scholarship. This research has undertaken a content analysis extending to 2014 that includes conference papers, book chapters and theses as well as tourism journal articles. The findings identified a growth in VFR travel conference papers and theses, but VFR has had little presence through book chapters. VFR research has historically focused on the commercial aspects, but more recently has turned to furthering understanding of the social aspects.
- Relation
- 25th Council for Australian Tourism and Hospitality Education Annual Conference; Gold Coast, Queensland ; 2nd-5th February 2015 ; published in CAUTHE 2015 - Rising tides and sea changes : Adaptation and innovation in tourism and hospitality p. 363-375
- Rights
- Unknown
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Visiting friends and relatives; VFR travel; Literature; Content analysis
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