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Does Migration Have a Bigger Impact on VFR than Total Tourism? A Study from Australia

Author :	Larry Dwyer, Neelu Seetaram, Peter Forsyth & Brian King
School/Work Place :	University of New South Wales, Australia (Larry Dwyer), University of Bournemouth, UK (Neelu Seetaram), Monash University, Australia (Peter Forsyth), Victoria University, Australia (Brian King)
Contact :	l.dwyer@unsw.edu.au
Year :	2012

As an important global market by purpose of travel, visiting friends and relatives, VFR, is closely associated with the history and development of international migration patterns which are a more permanent form of travel. Further, the importance of migration goes beyond VFR tourism to total tourism. Despite this widely acknowledged link, this paper highlights concerns that VFR tourism is under-valued by the industry (Backer 2011) and neglected by researchers. The migration-tourism link and its implications for VFR flows have also been unduly neglected by researchers.

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Category :: Think Tank XII

Tag :: tourism mobility; migration; VFR; tourism flows

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