Visiting friends and relatives (VFR tourism / VFR travel) is a substantial form of travel worldwide. One definition put forward has been "VFR travel is a form of travel involving a visit whereby either (or both) the purpose of the trip or the type of accommodation involves visiting friends and / or relatives" This has subsequently been developed into a VFR definitional model to describe it visually.Backer, E. (2009). "Opportunities for Commercial accommodation in VFR travel." ''International Journal of Travel Research'' VFR expenditures tend to be quite broad; spread widely throughout the community rather than confined to the narrow tourism sector (McKercher, 1995). In some expenditure categories, VFR travellers have been shown to outspend non-VFR travellers (Seaton & Palmer, 1997; Morrison, Verginis et al., 2000) Morrison, A., Verginis, C., & O’Leary, J. (2000). Reaching the unwanted and unreachable: An analysis of the outbound, long haul German and British Visiting Friends and Relatives Market. ''Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research'', 2(3), 214-231.

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