Table 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 Travel: Why Marketing to Aunty Betty Matters - Elisa Backer 7 The Value of Social Tourism for Disadvantaged Families - Lynn Minnaert 8 The Stress of the Family Holiday - Elisa Backer and Heike Schanzel 9 Gay and Lesbian Families and Tourism - Howard Hughes and Carol Southall Part 3 The Futures of Family Tourism 10 Consumer Kids and Tourists: Creative Marketing a City to Young Tourists - Sally Webster 11 Investigating the 'Family Lifecycle' Model in Tourism - Elisa Backer 12 The Future of Families' Tourism: A Cognitive Mapping Approach - Ian Yeoman and Heike Schanzel

About the Author

Heike Schanzel 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.

Reviews

The family, in many countries, is in a state of flux and their vacation patterns have changed significantly in recent years. This book provides a comprehensive picture of the family on holiday, past, present and future. The authors fill a gaping hole in the academic and practitioner literature and this book will be an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike. Tom Baum, University of Strathclyde, UK This book addresses a much under researched aspect of contemporary life. Family tourism represents a major aspect of all leisure travel, yet little systematic research has, until now, been undertaken on the various forms of the family and their experiences of tourism. This book represents a systematic approach to the subject and is written in an accessible and interesting manner. I heartily recommend it to all those interested in tourism and in the family. Conrad Lashley, Oxford Brookes University, UK This book breaks new ground by bringing together a range of well-respected researchers from around the world to delve into the concept of Family Tourism from their individual knowledge base, so as to develop a multiple disciplinary focus to the study of Family Tourism. I am sure in a short time this book will be required reading, not only for students of tourism, but also for those who work in tourism marketing and want to better understand their markets. Brian Hay, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK