M Yousuf, E Backer - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …
E Backer, BW Ritchie - International Journal of Tourism …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Rebuilding tourist arrivals after crises/disasters is important. However, tourism may have negative impacts in terms of interfering with the destination recovery efforts, and adding …
L Dwyer, N Seetaram, P Forsyth, B King - Annals of tourism research, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper contributes to the literature on the linkages between tourism and migration. Though it is widely recognised that the two phenomena are closely linked, and that …
Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel is a substantial form of tourism worldwide. In Australia, official data measure VFR in one of two ways–purpose of visit or type of …
A Shani, N Uriely - Annals of Tourism Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The current study explores the experience of hosting friends and relatives (HFR). Based on 51 in-depth interviews with local residents at the Israeli tourism destination of Eilat, the study …
E Ito, J Higham - Journal of Sport & Tourism, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Theoretical integration has been called for in sport tourism research in order to capture the synergies of existing contributions. In response, this article proposes a conceptual …
T Griffin - Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The desire to visit friends and relatives (VFR) is a substantial influencer over a large proportion of all tourism trips worldwide. Despite this generally accepted notion, it is a …
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer some insights into the future of urban tourism with particular consideration given to immigration and visiting friends and relatives (VFR) …
Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) contributes significantly to tourism activity and revenues, accounting for about 48 percent of domestic travel in Australia. Implicit in most discussions of …