Reiseanalyse (Travel Survey Germany) 1979

Vacation and travel habits of the West German population in 1979 as
well as vacation plans for the next season.

Topics: frequency of travel and regularity of vacation trips;
destinations at home and abroad; same destination each year; family
members as travel companion; motives for travel and vacation
expectations; form of trip; travel information; place of booking; time
of travel decision; travel preparation; travel organization; travel
counseling and use of travel agency; travel expenditures; point in time
of travel and trip duration; means of transport used for the vacation
trip; criteria for the selection of the travel accomodation; meals
habits on vacation; activities at place of vacation; travel
satisfaction; frequency and destinations of short vacation trips;
intents to travel and destination for vacation in the following year;
expected means of transportation used for travel; reasons against
vacation; vacation at home and vacation activity; personal opinion
leadership in the matter of vacation; assessment of the general
economic development and personal economic situation; vacation
requirement and taking vacation; obstacles to vacation; influence of
increase in price of energy on vacation plans; expected development of
engergy prices; conduct with rising vacation prices; reasons for
selection of means of transport; considerations for the selection of
another means of transport; duration of travel to place of vacation;
duration of return trip; incidents on departure or return; means of
transport for excursions at place of vacation; image of means of
transport, car, ship, scheduled airline and charter airline;

Demography: age; sex; living together with a partner; ages of children
in household; religious denomination; school education; occupational
position; household income; size of household; composition of
household; respondent is head of household; knowledge of foreign
languages.

Interviewer rating: city size; degree of urbanization; district code;
ZIP (postal) code.