VFR travel research : International perspectives
- Authors: Backer, Elisa , King, Brian
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book
- Relation: Aspects of Tourism No. 69
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- Description: This is the first book to explore research on visiting friends and relatives (VFR). In many countries VFR is the largest single travel-related market and for some regional economies accounts for over half of all tourism flows. In assembling an international collection of quality VFR-related research the editors present the profiles, characteristics, opportunities and behaviours of VFR travel for the benefit of researchers, industry practitioners and educators. This holistic and international approach to understanding VFR travel provides a state of the art understanding of the context, dynamics and implications of VFR travel and will be an essential resource for postgraduate students, researchers and also practitioners.
Family tourism : Multidisciplinary perspectives
- Authors: Schanzel, Heike , Yeoman, Ian , Backer, Elisa
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Book
- Relation: Aspects of tourism No. 56
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- Description: The family remains at the emotional heart of society, and makes up a significant proportion of the tourism market. However, the concept of family has changed over the decades and there are now different types of families that have their own unique attributes and needs. Families may have one parent or two, who may or may not be of different genders. This cutting-edge book constructs a multidisciplinary perspective on family tourism by discussing various types of families; how parents and children influence travel behaviours now and in the future and how family holidays may also be linked to stress. Family Tourism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives provides a compilation of issues from academic writers around the globe, to provide a range of perspectives linked by a common theme of family tourism with a futures perspective.
The future of events and festivals
- Authors: Yeoman, Ian , Robertson, Martin , McMahon-Beattie, Una , Backer, Elisa , Smith, Karen
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book
- Relation: Routledge Advances in Event Research Series
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