VFR travel : Do visits improve or reduce our quality of life?

Backer, Elisa

Title: VFR travel : Do visits improve or reduce our quality of life?
Creator: Backer, Elisa
Date: 2019
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/168003
Identifier: vital:13759
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2018.04.004
Identifier: ISBN:1447-6770
Abstract: Quality of Life (QOL) has started to emerge as an important component across numerous disciplines including tourism. Whilst studies regarding QOL have been around for decades in many disciplines, the field is relatively new in tourism. The relationship between QOL and tourism is important given that there have been studies revealing that travel can increase an individual's perceived and actual QOL. Those studies that have examined the relationship between QOL and tourism have focused on pleasure/leisure travel. Thus, other types of travel, namely Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel have not been examined with respect to QOL. In terms of QOL, VFR can be derided in conversation, identifying it as an unwanted irritation that can hardly boost QOL. This is particularly relevant in terms of VFR hosting. However, the link between VFR and QOL has not been empirically tested and as such, it is unclear whether VFR can improve or reduce QOL. Accordingly, this paper examines the link between VFR travel and QOL. Based on a sample size of 552 across Australia, this research found that whilst VFR can reduce QOL in some situations, in most cases, positive QOL benefits arise from both hosting and visiting VFRs. © 2019
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Relation: Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management Vol. 38, no. (2019), p. 161-167
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 1504 Commercial Services; 1506 Tourism; Host; QOL; Quality of life; VFR; Visiting friends and relatives
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