Visiting friends and relatives is one of the oldest reasons for travelling. This form of travel is a way for friends and relatives to stay connected even if they live in different cities orcountries. Visiting Friends and Relatives, also called VFR tourism, is still important today. Even though some studies have been made in Australia, Germany, and Great Britain there is still a lack of research in other parts of the world. This means that this form of research is stillnecessary, especially in the northern countries. This study will contribute with a Swedish perspective by examining weather students at Umeå University received visits from friends and relatives during their time of study. The aim of this paper is to analyze how the presents of students affect the numbers of VFR tourists. A survey containing questions about visiting friends and relatives, activities and the students and their visitor’s behaviour during these visits was used to investigate this correlation. The result showed that the relationship between VFR tourists and students can be linked to migration. When students move, they function as a link between their old and new homeswhich is shown when friends and relatives choose to travel to visit them. The result also shows that students behave a bit differently during these visits and experience things that would not have experienced otherwise.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-184656 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Melander, Jenny |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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