Acceptance of tourism among the resident population (TAS)
Until now, there has been no standardized and easily comparable measure of the population’s acceptance of tourism in their place of residence. With the Tourism Acceptance Balance (TAS), such a measure has now been developed. The TAS has now been measured in practice at national and local level, and extensive data from two population-representative surveys […]
German City Travel Monitor (DEST)
In cooperation with the “Magic Cities”, the German Institute for Tourism Research at the FH Westküste University of Applied Sciences is focusing on the planning and attitudes of German city travelers in times of Corona. Cities as multifunctional places play a special role for tourism as a space of opportunity and a place of longing. […]
Analysis of passive GPS location events for selected tourism destinations in Schleswig-Holstein (GEOSH)
The German Institute for Tourism Research is using anonymized GPS location events from the “wetter.com” app to investigate the use of this data for tourism science and practice. To this end, frequency data for ten different geometries in Schleswig-Holstein are being evaluated over the course of a year. Digitization opens up new data sources and […]
Health and business travel (RA Business Health)
The German Institute for Tourism Research, in cooperation with the Forschungsgemeinschaft Urlaub und Reisen e. V., is dedicated to the positive and negative effects of business trips. The focus is on the physical and psychological effects of business trips on travelers. Business travel is associated with benefits and functions for companies, the destinations and the […]
Development of a balanced score card for the agile destination management organization (DMO) of tomorrow
In the project, new areas of responsibility and management approaches of Tourismus NRW e.V. are translated into dimensions, objectives and key figures of a balanced score card. In addition, the transferability of the generated key figures to the next destination level (region) will be examined using the example of Ruhr Tourismus GmbH. In the last […]
Investigations into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism demand
As part of the RA online travel analysis, special questions on the influence of the COVID-19 situation on travel options and travel plans as well as the attitude of Germans towards vacations were asked for the first time at the beginning of May 2020 – during the phase of the first easing of restrictions after […]
Geodata analysis of Airbnb supply and demand in city tourism (AIRBNB)
The spatial autocorrelation analysis (Local Indicators of Spatial Association) is used to identify statistically significant clusters and outliers based on German municipalities and travel areas. The results should help to better understand the spatial dimension of Airbnb in Germany. In comparison with other data, e.g. from official accommodation statistics, this opens up new possibilities for […]
Measurement of tourist points of emotion (EMOBÜS)
The trend towards monitoring one’s own bodily functions with new technical aids, so-called “wearables”, turns people into data providers in everyday life. This emotional and bodily function data can be enriched with geocoordinates in order to gain new insights into the spatiotemporal behavior of tourists and to measure the associated experiences on site at an […]
The Gaze, nature-based tourism and visitor expectations
The authentic experience of wilderness, in particular the observation of wild animals in their natural habitats, is a key success factor for protected areas as destinations in nature tourism. “Wilderness” in the tourism context is socially constructed and influenced by social trends and media representations (Lemelin, 2006; Urry & Larsen, 2011). The project aims to […]
Slow tourism and religious offers on vacation
The survey shows a growing awareness of the slow trend in general and an increasing importance of slowing down on vacation (“slow tourism”). For 44.5% of respondents, the trend of slowing down or slowness plays a very important or rather important role on vacation. The wishes and expectations of holidaymakers – such as the “experience […]