This study explores children's domestic visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel
experiences and their development of place meaning about their ancestral home or home …

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) …

This study decodes the functions and meanings conveyed through sojourner user-
generated images (UGI) and furthers the application of the theory of visual rhetoric to tourism …

The effects of destination resource evaluation and place identity, conceptualised as a
dynamic process, on destination ambassadorship, expressed in intention to invite friends …

COVID-19 had major negative consequences globally for travel for visits to friends and
relatives (VFR), which is an under-researched segment of tourism. This paper responds to …

This research introduces and tests the concept of image‐generated word‐of‐mouth (iWOM),
extending the scope of visual rhetoric and emotional contagion theories. Using collected …

Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travellers have often been categorised based on their
purpose of travel and their use of accommodations. This study focuses on the non-VFR …

The relationship between tourism and migration that has resulted from increasing global
mobility is a complex phenomenon. As part of that phenomenon, research has shown a …

Hosting behaviours and experiences have gradually been acknowledged as influential
factors in visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel. However, the challenges facing VFR …

This article investigates the impact of terrorism on bilateral tourism flows within the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. It also examines the …