Reiseanalyse (Travel Survey Germany) 1988

Vacation and travel behavior of the West German population in 1988.

Topics: frequency of vacation in the last three years; destination
areas; degree of organization of trip in the previous year; stay at
place of vacation or tour; repeat trips to destination; type of
vacation and psychological demands of a vacation; trip month; vacation
duration; time of trip decision; sources of information; use of various
tour operators and use of travel agent; influence of most important
sources of information and advice on personal decision behavior
regarding time, place, duration, choice of means of transport, price,
lodging and type of meals; time of booking and payment; name of tour
operator; services booked; form of organization of the planned trip and
means of transport used; meal service booked; booking by respondent or
fellow travelers; catalogs and pamphlets of tour operator consulted;
using and taking guide books along; frequency of traffic jams at home
and abroad in traveling by car; type of lodging as well as meals on
vacation; accompanied on trip by someone from one´s household and age
of this person; total travel budget as well as distribution of
expenditures among vacation preparations, travel, lodging and meals as
well as supplementary expenses; 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 1989; interest in
getting to know the social and political conditions in the country
visited on vacation; interest in organized excursions and preferred
degree of organization of trips to countries far away; attitude to
Denmark as place of vacation; probability of a vacation trip to
Southern Tyrol in various seasons; most important reasons for or
against a vacation in Southern Tyrol in the spring; perception of
environmental problems in the vacation area; perceived annoyance from
environmental problems in the country visited on vacation; vacation
areas in which the environment is still intact or the most damaged;
personal trip to Berlin and perception of the promotion ´Berlin -
Culture City of Europe 1988´; vacation stays on the Italian Adriatic;
judgement on the Adriatic as a vacation area; interest in a vacation
trip to this area; use of a travel agent as well as tourist office
during the last three years; loyalty to travel agent and tour operator;
knowledge of selected tour operators; assignment of selected services
and characteristics to various kinds of places to book trips;
membership in the ADAC {auto club}; conducting business trips in 1988;
frequency of business air travel at home and abroad; planned business
trips next year and planned use of airplane.

Miscellaneous: having a yard; living together with a partner; car
possession; religious denomination; assessment of development of
financial situation of household; frequency of reading selected
magazines and daily newspapers.

The following questions were posed to non-travelers: year of last
vacation travel; reason for not taking vacation trips.

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