Study title

Vacation and travel habits of the West German population in 1985 as well as vacation plans for the next season. The main focus of this travel analysis is the topic of environment and tourism. The content of the study is largely comparable with the other travel analyses. Topics: vacation frequency in the last three years; destination areas and reasons for selection of the destination areas; remaining at place of vacation or tour; same destination each year; type of vacation and psychological demands on a vacation; vacation point in time; vacation length; time of travel decision; sources of information and travel agency; place of booking and services booked as well as advance payments made; form of organization of the trip and means of transport used; lodging and meals on vacation; meal services booked before start of trip; travel companion; total expenditures for vacation travel; most important activities and athletic activities at place of vacation; information on second or third vacation trips; travel decision for the year 1986; preference up to now and future interest in various forms of vacation; preferred vacation regions at home and abroad; importance of selected needs in life and areas of life; frequency and type of short vacation trips; assessment of development of financial situation of household; acquisitions for vacation trips; financing of vacation travel; additional source of credit for unanticipated expenditures; satisfaction with trip; preferred vacation destinations and expectations of these areas; attitude to vacation trips; interest in vacation travel in 1986; preferred form of vacation; preference of consistent place of vacation or changing places of vacation during a trip; knowledge of foreign languages; perception and judgement on environmental problems at place of vacation; influence of environmental problems on earlier and future selection of place of vacation; areas avoided; assumed intactness or damage to German and European...