Reiseanalyse (Travel Survey Germany) 1986

Vacation and travel habits of the West German population in 1986 as
well as vacation plans for the next season.

The main focus of this travel analysis is the topic of factors
influencing tourist habits.

The content of the study is largely comparable with the other travel
analyses.

Topics: vacation frequency in the last three years; destination areas;
remaining at place of vacation or tour; same destination each year;
type of vacation; psychological demands on a vacation; travel month;
duration of vacation; satisfaction with last trip; vacation
satisfaction; perceived forms of vacation and destination preferences;
characteristics of popular forms of travel; importance of selected
criteria for judgement on vacation; judgement on the last destination;
judgement on preparation and course of the last vacation as well as the
trip there and back; time of travel decision; sources of information
and travel agency; place of booking and services booked; form of
organization of trip and means of transport used; type and judgement on
lodging as well as meals on vacation; meal services booked before start
of trip; travel companion; total expenditures for vacation travel;
personal activities and athletic activities at place of vacation;
information on second or third vacation trips; preference up to now and
future interest in various forms of vacation; preferred vacation region
at home and abroad; frequency and type of short vacation trips;
assessment of development of financial situation of household;
judgement on selected aspects of vacation travel and fears as well as
difficulties before the last trip (interviewed in writing); attitude to
vacation trips; interest in a vacation trip in 1987; personal
understanding of relaxation; type of difficulties adjusting on the last
trip and desired improvements at place of vacation; influence on
planing and conducting of one´s own vacation travel; quality demands;
leisure orientation; striving for sociability.

The following questions were posed to those not traveling: year of
last vacation travel and reasons for not taking vacation.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; ages of
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
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; ZIP (postal) code; city size; district code.