A Conceptual Framework of Visiting Friends and Relatives
Because of long working hours and the perplexity brought about by city life, individuals have less time to devote to their family and friends. This means that they want to spend their leisure time with them. Individuals visit their friends and relatives as a means of socio-cultural life. As a result...
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| description | Because of long working hours and the perplexity brought about by city life, individuals have less time to devote to their family and friends. This means that they want to spend their leisure time with them. Individuals visit their friends and relatives as a means of socio-cultural life. As a result, new travel / tourism types such as “Visiting Friends and Relatives” have been formed due to such interactions. Although VFR travel has been known for many years, it is a newly discovered phenomenon. Also, as a category of travel / tourism it is difficult to get enough information about it. Given the fact that there are a significant number of travelers in the world visiting families and friends, it is important, that VFR travel / tourism potential should be taken into consideration. For this purpose, this study will try to draw a comprehensive framework by focusing on VFR travel / tourism concept. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e9097a05922b4123addcc8f3d6d64e5e2025-08-20T02:15:59ZengIstanbul University PressJournal of Tourismology2459-19392018-08-0141213410.26650/jot.2018.4.1.0003123456A Conceptual Framework of Visiting Friends and RelativesSevinç Aslan0Mithat Zeki Dinçer1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4928-8303İstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, TürkiyeBecause of long working hours and the perplexity brought about by city life, individuals have less time to devote to their family and friends. This means that they want to spend their leisure time with them. Individuals visit their friends and relatives as a means of socio-cultural life. As a result, new travel / tourism types such as “Visiting Friends and Relatives” have been formed due to such interactions. Although VFR travel has been known for many years, it is a newly discovered phenomenon. Also, as a category of travel / tourism it is difficult to get enough information about it. Given the fact that there are a significant number of travelers in the world visiting families and friends, it is important, that VFR travel / tourism potential should be taken into consideration. For this purpose, this study will try to draw a comprehensive framework by focusing on VFR travel / tourism concept.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/387CDC9933DC407DA486ACBBF92113E0visiting friends and relativesvfr travelvisitinghostingmigration |
| spellingShingle | Sevinç Aslan Mithat Zeki Dinçer A Conceptual Framework of Visiting Friends and Relatives Journal of Tourismology visiting friends and relatives vfr travel visiting hosting migration |
| title | A Conceptual Framework of Visiting Friends and Relatives |
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| title_short | A Conceptual Framework of Visiting Friends and Relatives |
| title_sort | conceptual framework of visiting friends and relatives |
| topic | visiting friends and relatives vfr travel visiting hosting migration |
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