- Title
- VFR travellers of the future
- Creator
- Backer, Elisa
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/61036
- Identifier
- vital:4981
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-1-906884-07-9
- Abstract
- The purpose of this chapter is to : Highlight the importance of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel now and in the future; Discuss key demographic trends related to VFR travel and analyse the findings from a study of VFR tourism to two Australian including destinations, including: VFR travellers represent a substanial form of solo-travellers and single-person households are forecast to grow in the future. VFR travel represents a hidden form of travel for children travelling without parents (linked with emerging niche market, the 'grand-traveller'); VFR travelly utilise commercial accomodation, and their usage of this is likely to increase; VFR travel has important social benefits to families; VFR travel will grow as a market segment for older travellers, especially those in the final stages of the family life cycle.
- Publisher
- UK Goodfellow Publishers
- Relation
- Tourism and demography p. 73-86
- Rights
- Copyright Goodfellow Publishers
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- VFR travel; Visiting friends and relatives; Tourism; Travel behaviour; 1506 Tourism
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