A content analysis of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel research

Yousuf, Mohammad; Backer, Elisa

doi:10.1016/j.jhtm.2015.07.003

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“…People's behaviour in a certain situation with others can be influenced by the way they perceive the situation (Gahagan, 1984;Smith & Brent, 2001). Thus, studying the hosts' perspective regarding the social interactions with their VFRs would help understand the differences in hosting behaviours (Shani & Uriely, 2012;Young, Corsun, & Baloglu, 2007;Yousuf & Backer, 2015).…”

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Hosting Friends Versus Hosting Relatives: Is Blood Thicker Than Water?

Yousuf

Backer

2016

Journal of Tourism Research

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Little research has been undertaken to examine visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel from the perspective of hosts. Additionally, little research has explored the differences between VFs and VRs, treating VFR as one homogenous group. This research examined the hosts' perspective of hosting friends versus relatives through in‐depth interviews with 34 local residents in three contrasting destinations in Australia. Key differences were found between the experiences of hosting friends versus relatives, with immigration a key aspect in impacting the outcome. This is the first study to examine hosting friends versus relatives and to consider how immigration and destination impact VFR travel experiences for hosts. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Hosting Friends Versus Hosting Relatives: Is Blood Thicker Than Water?

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Backer

2016

Journal of Tourism Research

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“…According to Yousuf and Backer (2015), although the term 'VFR tourism' has been traditionally used more frequently, 'VFR travel' is increasingly gaining popularity in useage. VFR travellers are also characterised differently from tourists for the distinction in their primary purpose of travel, accommodation, and engagement in touristic activities (Backer & Morrison, 2015).…”

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Interactive mobilities: Conceptualising VFR tourism of international students

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Moore

Shone

2018

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

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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 strong connection between international education, particularly at the tertiary level, and tourism. In particular, international students have been found to have a strong impact on the tourism industry of their study country. This paper investigates a specific form of tourism in which international students are involved: Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) tourism. It details an initial conceptual understanding of the relationship between international students and VFR tourism. A conceptual framework is developed to help illustrate this relationship, highlight new avenues for research, and indicate how this relationship connects with the wider tourism-migration literature. The framework suggests that the interface between VFR tourism and international students can be explained through a number of aspects, two of which are addressed in the paper: VFR travel behaviour and host-guest dynamics in VFR tourism of international students. These aspects are analysed throughout the pre-, during, and post study periods. The paper sheds further light on emerging VFR related concepts -such as VFR tourism in a third place -as well as theories regarding the notion of hosts and guests in the modern mobile world. Suggestions for future research are also provided.

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“…Recently, Dwyer et al (2014: 131) reflected that 'considerable analysis has been undertaken on the links between migration and the form of tourism most associated with migration, namely visiting friends and relatives'. This said, in common with international trends in VFR travel research, it is apparent that the largest share of scholarship pertains to the developed world or Global North (Griffin, 2013;Backer & King, 2015;Yousuf & Backer, 2015).…”

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“…With certain notable exceptions (see Bleasdale & Kwarko, 2000;Asiedu, 2008;Darar & Ismail, 2016), much less well-researched and understood is the phenomenon of VFR travel in the arena of the Global South (Rogerson & Rogerson, 2011;Griffin, 2013;Yousuf & Backer, 2015). The objective of this research is to interrogate the relationships between historical and contemporary migration flows and VFR travel in the case of South Africa which is part of Cohen and Cohen's (2015a) category of emerging world tourism regions.…”

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Unpacking Directions and Spatial Patterns of VFR Travel Mobilities in the Global South: Insights from South Africa

Rogerson

2017

Journal of Tourism Research

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Unpacking the spatial patterns of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) mobilities within (and between) countries represents an investigatory void in existing international VFR scholarship. The paper seeks to interrogate the relationships between historical and contemporary migration flows and VFR travel by using the case of South Africa. The study highlights the importance of understanding the role of multi‐locational households, the roots and persistence of circulatory migration flows and their manifestations in the present‐day geography of VFR travel mobilities in post‐apartheid South Africa. Interpreting the changing spatial patterns of VFR travel must be grounded in the historical and contemporary dynamics of local and regional migration systems. For South Africa's poorest areas where VFR travel flows are the dominant if sometimes the only form of tourism, policy issues arise for leveraging this form of tourism for enhancing local development. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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A content analysis of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel research

Cited by 53 publications

References 46 publications

Hosting Friends Versus Hosting Relatives: Is Blood Thicker Than Water?

Hosting Friends Versus Hosting Relatives: Is Blood Thicker Than Water?

Interactive mobilities: Conceptualising VFR tourism of international students

Unpacking Directions and Spatial Patterns of VFR Travel Mobilities in the Global South: Insights from South Africa

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