04 March 2009
A Guide to Social Tourism now available
A short introduction to social tourism and its background just published

 

The Guide to Social Tourism has been produced by the social tourism working party.  It consists of five organisations that have been involved in the provision of family breaks for many years. Each year these organisations provide thousands of families with access to breaks.

 

We also are publishing a paper from the Tourism & Travel Research Institute at Nottingham University that has been funded by the same group.   The research was carried out during the summer of 2007.

 

There were three distinct phases of the research. Firstly ananalysis of data collated from a sample of 498 application forms from individual families and welfare agents (on behalf of families) requesting financial support for a family holiday over 2006 and 2007. The applications were made to: the Family Holiday Association, the Family Fund and UNISON Welfare.

 

The second phase was a follow-up survey of a sample of 67 families and welfare agents who had been granted an award and had taken a holiday during May-August 2007. The third phase consisted of two focus groups with families who had taken a holiday over the same period on the benefits to families of the holiday.

 

 

	Download your copy of the Guide to Social Tourism by clicking here
	Download your copy of the Briefing Paper by clicking here

 

The Christel DeHaan Tourism & Travel Research Institute is an independent tourism and travel research centre.  It is part of the Nottingham University Business School.

 

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