Reiseanalyse (Travel Survey Germany) 1985

Vacation and travel habits of the West German population in 1985 as
well as vacation plans for the next season. The main focus of this
travel analysis is the topic of environment and tourism. The content of
the study is largely comparable with the other travel analyses.

Topics: vacation frequency in the last three years; destination areas
and reasons for selection of the destination areas; remaining at place
of vacation or tour; same destination each year; type of vacation and
psychological demands on a vacation; vacation point in time; vacation
length; time of travel decision; sources of information and travel
agency; place of booking and services booked as well as advance
payments made; form of organization of the trip and means of transport
used; lodging and meals on vacation; meal services booked before start
of trip; travel companion; total expenditures for vacation travel; most
important activities and athletic activities at place of vacation;
information on second or third vacation trips; travel decision for the
year 1986; preference up to now and future interest in various forms of
vacation; preferred vacation regions at home and abroad; importance of
selected needs in life and areas of life; frequency and type of short
vacation trips; assessment of development of financial situation of
household; acquisitions for vacation trips; financing of vacation
travel; additional source of credit for unanticipated expenditures;
satisfaction with trip; preferred vacation destinations and
expectations of these areas; attitude to vacation trips; interest in
vacation travel in 1986; preferred form of vacation; preference of
consistent place of vacation or changing places of vacation during a
trip; knowledge of foreign languages; perception and judgement on
environmental problems at place of vacation; influence of environmental
problems on earlier and future selection of place of vacation; areas
avoided; assumed intactness or damage to German and European vacation
areas; preferred advantages of tourist cities; personal environmental
habits; frequency and type of leisure activities.

The following questions were posed to those not traveling: year of
last vacation trip and reasons for not taking vacation; difference
between vacation at home and vacation travel; satisfaction with
vacation at home.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; age of the
children (classified); religious denomination; school education;
occupation; occupational position; employment; household income; size
of household; composition of household; respondent is head of
household; characteristics of head of household; living together with a
partner; number of persons in household with their own income; car
possession; having a yard; willingness to participate in a similar
follow-up survey.

Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; interest
of respondent in survey topic; place of survey; length of interview;
date and time of interview; city size; ZIP (postal) code; city code.