Participant Characteristics and Economic Benefits of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) Tourism – International Survey with Implications for Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorAsiedu, A.B.
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-31T10:32:27Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-14T14:06:46Z
dc.date.available2012-12-31T10:32:27Z
dc.date.available2017-10-14T14:06:46Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis article surveys the literature on visiting friends and relatives (VFR) tourism, identifying and describing its variant forms and the main characteristics of participants. This characterisation involves a discussion on socio-demographic and economic traits as well as travel characteristics of VFR trip makers. The study further reviews VFR tourism’s economic contributions to destination areas with specific focus on foreign exchange earnings, local revenue mobilisation, multiplier effects of tourism expenditures and employment generation. This background review provides the basis for assessing the possibilities for developing a viable and sustainable VFR tourism in Ghana by highlighting and evaluating critical factors such as seasonality of VFR tourists inflows, income leakages, host and guest relationships, and destination image. Appropriate recommendations based on the above insights have been provided to enhance Ghana’s competitive edge in the promotion of this tourism category.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJohn Wiley and Sons, International Journal of Tourism Research, Vol. 10. pp. 609-621en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://197.255.68.203/handle/123456789/2033
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sonsen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectVisiting Friends and Relatives (VFR)en_US
dc.subjectParticipants Characteristicsen_US
dc.subjectEconomic Benefitsen_US
dc.subjectCritical Growth Factorsen_US
dc.titleParticipant Characteristics and Economic Benefits of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) Tourism – International Survey with Implications for Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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