Reiseanalyse (Travel Survey Germany) 1989

Vacation and travel behavior of the West German population in 1989.

Topics: frequency of vacation in the last three years; destination
areas; degree of organization and tour operator of the trip in the
previous year; shaping one´s own life (selected forms of behavior);
stay at place of vacation or tour; repeated trips to destination; type
of vacation; (psychological) demands of a vacation; trip month;
vacation duration; time of travel decision; sources of information; use
of various tour operators and use of travel agent; name of tour
operator; services booked; form of organization of the planned trip and
means of transport used; charter or scheduled flight; booking flight
along with lodging; meal services booked; catalogs and pamphets of the
tour operator used; type of lodging as well as meals on vacation;
accompanied by someone from one´s household and age of these persons;
trip budget and distribution of the expenditures among vacation
preparations, travel, lodging, meals and secondary expenditures;
personal activities and occupations at place of vacation; types of
sport conducted during the vacation; satisfaction with vacation;
information on second or third vacation trips; preference up to now and
future interest in various forms of vacation; preferred vacation
regions at home and abroad; frequency of short vacation trips; interest
in a vacation trip in 1990 and extent of current plans; planned country
to visit on vacation; utilizing the tourist office of the vacation
destination and type of desired information; perception of
environmental problems in the vacation areas; perceived annoyance by
environmental problems in the country visited on vacation; vacation
areas in which the environment is still intact or the most damaged;
personal trips to Berlin as well as information on point in time and
type of lodging; knowledge about Austrian states; knowledge about
selected vacation regions in Austria; associations with Steiermark;
reasons for and against Israel as country to visit on vacation;
characterization of the Israeli airline EL AL; knowledge about selected
tour operators; judgement on travel catalogs and travel pamphlets;
preferred form of vacation; evaluation of selected tour operators as
sympathetic or unsympathetic; tour operators who have been used;
membership in the ADAC {auto club}.

Miscellaneous: having a yard; living together with a partner; car
possession; religious denomination; assessment of development of
financial situation of household; moving to the FRG in 1989.

The following questions were posed to those not traveling: year of
last vacation trip; reason for not taking vacation trips.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; schooling; occupation;
net household income; sources of income (from DM 300); household
composition; respondent is head of household; characteristics of
the head of household.

Also encoded were: willingness of respondent to cooperate; interest in
survey topic; willingness to participate in an equivalent re-interview;
date of interview; length of interview; time of interview; city size;
degree of urbanization.