Visiting Friends and Relatives Travel

Elisa Zentveld is a Professor of Social Justice at Federation University, Australia. She serves on the editorial board of 11 leading tourism journals and has received 14 awards to recognise her outstanding contributions to research and education. Her main research interests are VFR travel, family tourism and family violence.Chris Ryan is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Waikato and also Emeritus Editor of Tourism Management, for which he was editor in chief for 25 years. His research interests are tourist behaviours and the personal, social, economic and environmental consequences of such behaviours.

Visiting friends and relatives travel provides an evergreen barometer of tourism – a timeless and integral component of human mobilities. Zentveld and Ryan’s comprehensive state-of-the-art revisits an often-neglected domain. The authors document the enduring desire to cultivate human connections which has social and economic importance as we enter the AI era.

• Preface. Elisa ZentveldPart 1. Dedication to the Late Emeritus Professor Alastair M. MorrisonChapter 1. Chris Ryan: A Tribute to Emeritus Professor Alastair M. MorrisonChapter 2. Elisa Zentveld: An Academic Portrait of Alastair M. Morrison’s Contribution to VFR Travel StudiesPart 2. Understanding VFR TravelChapter 3. Elisa Zentveld: VFR Travel: An Introduction Chapter 4. Elisa Zentveld and Alan Labas: An Overview of VFR TravelChapter 5. Christian M. Rogerson: Constrained Mobilities and the Historical Development of VFR Travel in South Africa, 1910-1948Part 3. Profiles and CharacteristicsChapter 6. Rami K. Isaac and Louisa Jadallah: Examining Diaspora Tourism Motivation, Place Attachment and Future Intention Across the Palestinian Community in Chile: Case Study of BethlehemChapter 7. Madiseng M. Phori and Mafanedzwa B. Makumbi: Tracing Roots: Ancestral Connections and the Motivations behind Genealogy VFR TravelChapter 8. Sandra Sun-Ah Ponting: Expanding VFR Travel: Incorporating International Adoptees into the VFR Travel DiscourseChapter 9. Alfonso González Damián: VFR Travel as a Form of Resistance against Tourism GentrificationPart 4. VFR HostsChapter 10. Chris Ryan: Understanding the Holiday Home as a Potential Site of Hosting Visiting Friends and RelativesChapter 11. Harshani Hiswella Kankanamalage, Elisa Zentveld and Alan Labas: The Impact on Work-Life Balance of Hosting Friends/Relatives Part 5. Marketing and ManagementChapter 12. Julio Munoz: Marketing to VFR Travellers through Local Hosts Chapter 13. Sho Kashiwagi: Challenges and Potential of Marketing and Developing VFR Travel in Rural Areas: Insights and Implications from DMOs in the Shonai Region, JapanPart 6. Health, Risk and ResilienceChapter 14. Fangli Hu, Jiawei Wang and Jun Wen: Visiting Friends and Relatives Travel in China: A Pathway to Healthy Ageing through Travel TherapyChapter 15. Elisa Zentveld: Health Risks Associated with International VFR TravelChapter 16. Tom Griffin: VFR and Community Resilience: The Case for Strategic EngagementPart 7. VFR Travel Futures Chapter 17. Chris Ryan: Conclusion: VFR Travel, Future Questions and Ideas for Research