Visiting Friends and Relatives

Migratory Movements ◽

The City

This paper addresses the sector of VFR tourism: visiting friends and relatives (VFR). The hypoth‑ esis is that tourism based on social ties facilitates integration in terms of social interaction and social iden‑ tification in the destination, in this case the city of Buenos Aires. The concept itself of VFR tourism is dealt with together with a description and attempted characterisation of the exact movement of this type of tour‑ ism over the last few years as a result of migratory movements with emphasis on social ties and practices. The emphasis is on the degree of social integration and identification occurring in this type of tourism. The methodology used is qualitative, based on semi‑structured interviews of key agents and is complemented with statistics designed to give fuller access to the comprehension of the context.

Analysis of tourism services in the Czech-Polish part of the Euroregion Neisse

Trendy v podnikání ◽

10.24132/jbt.2020.10.1.21_30 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 21-30

Author(s):

Jaroslava Dědková ◽

Otakar Ungerman

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Services ◽

Short Term ◽

Joint Research ◽

Cross Border ◽

Transport Services ◽

Social Events ◽

Recreational Services ◽

Tourism Services

The border areas are influenced by the cross-border visitation of tourists, which is usually of a short-term character. These are shopping, exploring natural attractions, commuting to work, visiting friends and relatives, attending cultural and social events, and transit transport. In the course of 2018-2019 a joint research of EF TUL and UE Wroclaw was carried out to determine the quality of tourism services in the Czech - Polish border area. The aim of the research was to find out how respondents perceive and evaluate the quality of services. Almost 1000 respondents on the Czech and Polish side evaluated transport services, accommodation services, sports and recreational services, catering services and the position of information centers. The paper presents the results of this research.

Contested homelands: Darwin’s ‘itinerant problem’

Pacific Journalism Review – Te Koakoa ◽

10.24135/pjr.v11i1.820 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 174-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Steve Spencer

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Population ◽

Aboriginal People ◽

Historical Context ◽

Remote Communities ◽

Cultural Genocide ◽

History Of ◽

People First ◽

Cultural Constructions ◽

The City

Darwin has the largest Aboriginal population of any Australian city at nearly nine per cent, and the Northern Territory has nearly 28 per cent of the indigenous population. While the greater majority of the indigenous population in Darwin lives in circumstances not unlike their non-indigenous neighbors, a number are, out of necessity, more transient, moving between remote communities and the city, visiting friends and relatives who may be in hospital or prison, seeking work or escaping uneviable conditions in the interior. It is important to preface the present study with a word on social and historical context, as the representation of indigenous issues in 'the Territory' is founded upon historical and cultural constructions of Aboriginality. What underpins this long-running moral panic about homeless indiginous people? First, the history of Aboriginal people in Australia has been one of the disposession, cultural genocide and displacement.

Challenges facing providers of imported malaria-related healthcare services for Africans visiting friends and relatives (VFRs)

Malaria Journal ◽

10.1186/1475-2875-13-17 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Penny E Neave ◽

Caroline OH Jones ◽

Ron H Behrens

Keyword(s):

Healthcare Services ◽

Imported Malaria ◽

Visiting Friends and Relatives, Tourism

Encyclopedia of Tourism ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_398-1 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 1-2

Author(s):

Natan Uriely

Keyword(s):

Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) Tourism Decisions Within Collective Cultures: Insights from Taiwanese Hosts Residing in Brisbane, Australia

Asian Cultures and Contemporary Tourism - Perspectives on Asian Tourism ◽

10.1007/978-981-10-7980-1_3 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 41-59

Author(s):

Aaron Tham ◽

Maria M. Raciti

Keyword(s):

Visiting Friends and Relatives

Travel Medicine ◽

10.1016/b978-0-323-03453-1.10029-x ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 291-298 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ronald H. Behrens ◽

Elizabeth D. Barnett

Keyword(s):

Geographical Pattern of Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention for Travellers

Tutorial Topics in Infection for the Combined Infection Training Programme ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198801740.003.0071 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Desmond Hsu ◽

Zahir Osman Eltahir Babiker

Keyword(s):

Infectious Diseases ◽

Migratory Birds ◽

Sunshine Duration ◽

The United States ◽

International Travel ◽

Travel Health ◽

Health Advice ◽

Main Determinants ◽

Key Aspects

Infectious diseases are transmitted either directly from person to person via direct contact or droplet exposure, or indirectly through a vector organism (mosquito or tick) or a non-biological physical vehicle (soil or water). Vector-borne infectious diseases are highly influenced by climate factors such as temperature, precipitation, altitude, sunshine duration, and wind. Therefore, climate change is a major threat for the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, e.g. re-emergence of dengue fever in some parts of southern Europe. The natural reservoirs of infectious diseases are either humans (anthroponoses) or animals (zoonoses). Population movement due to travel or civil unrest risks introducing non-immune populations to regions that are endemic for certain infectious diseases. By contrast, global trade contributes to the movement of animals or arthropods across the world and this poses a major risk for introducing infectious diseases to previously non-endemic settings, e.g. rats on board commercial ships and the global spread of hantaviruses; international trade in used car tyres and the risk of introducing flavivirus-infected mosquitoes into non-endemic settings; and the contribution of migratory birds to the introduction and the spread of West Nile virus in the United States. The unprecedented growth of international travel facilitates the swift movement of pathogens by travellers from one region to another. The main determinants of travel-related infections are destination country, activities undertaken during travel, and pre-existing morbidities. Therefore, the pre-travel consultation aims to assess potential health hazards associated with the trip, give advice on appropriate preventative measures, and educate the traveller about their own health. Attitudes towards seeking pre-travel health advice vary by the type of traveller. For example, those visiting friends and relatives (VFRs) in their country of origin are less likely to seek pre-travel health advice compared to tourists and therefore stand a higher chance of presenting with preventable infections such as malaria. The key aspects of a pre-travel consultation include: ● comprehensive risk assessment based on the demographic and clinical background of the traveller as well as the region of travel and itinerary.