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This cutting-edge international book brings together leading experts' latest research in the field of family tourism by adding to its underdeveloped knowledge base. It highlights the infancy of academic family tourism research and addresses future implications and theoretical debates about the place of families within tourism.
List of contents
Foreword Part 1 The context of family tourism 1 Introduction: Families in Tourism Research Heike Schanzel 2 Society and Ideology: Changes in Family Time Perceptions with Implications for Tourism Heike Schanzel 3 Family Tourism, Demography and Social Trends: An Analysis of the UK Market Ian Yeoman, Una McMahon-Beattie, Damian Lord and Luke Parker-Hodds 4 UK Family Tourism: Past, Present and Future Challenges Carol Southall Part 2 The experiences of family tourism 5 The Inclusion of Fathers, Children and the Family Group into Tourism Research on Families Heike Schanzel 6 VFR Tourism: Why Marketing to Aunty Betty Matters Elisa Backer 7 Parenting Styles and Family Holidays Yael Ram 8 The Value of Social Tourism for Disadvantaged Families Lynn Minnaert 9 The Stress of the Family Holiday Elisa Backer and Heike Schanzel 10 Gay and Lesbian Families and Tourism Howard Hughes and Carol Southall Part 3 The futures of family tourism 11 Consumer Kids and Tourists: Creative Marketing a City to young Tourists Sally Webster 12 Investigating the 'Family Lifecycle' Model in Tourism Elisa Backer 13 The Future of Families' Tourism: A Cognitive Mapping Approach Ian Yeoman and Heike Schanzel
About the author
Heike Schänzel is a lecturer in Tourism Studies at AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand. Her doctoral thesis on family holiday experiences won an award and resulted in several academic journal publications.
Ian Yeoman is Associate Professor of Tourism Futures at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and allegedly the world's only professional crystal ball gazer or futurologist specialising in travel and tourism.
Elisa Backer is a senior lecturer at The Business School, University of Ballarat, Australia. She is now considered a leading world expert in the field of VFR travel.
Summary
This cutting-edge international book brings together leading experts’ latest research in the field of family tourism by adding to its underdeveloped knowledge base. It highlights the infancy of academic family tourism research and addresses future implications and theoretical debates about the place of families within tourism.
