Flash Eurobarometer 432 (Preferences of Europeans towards Tourism, 2016)

• Main Author: European Commission, Brussels DG Communication COMM A1 ´Strategy, Corporate Communication Actions and Eurobarometer´ Unit
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12589; https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA6654?lang=en; https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA6654?lang=de

Travel preferences and tourism. Topics: number of travels in 2015 for professional or for personal purposes with a minimum of one night away; duration of personal travels; frequency of using the following types of accommodation for periods of different length: paid commercial accommodation, paid private accommodation, own property or second home, friends or relatives, camping site; frequency of the following types of holiday in 2015 for periods of different length: all-inclusive holiday, other types of package travel, tourism services purchased separately; main reasons for not having gone on holiday; country in which main holiday was spent; other countries visited; main reasons for having gone on holiday; booking method: online commercial services listing private housing offers, other online commercial services (such as tour operators, airline companies, etc.), by phone, in a travel agency, through an acquaintance, via a transportation company, on-site; main reasons for visiting the same place twice: quality of accommodation, nature, general price level, tourist welcome policy, availability of activities and services, culture and history, facilities for people with special needs; satisfaction with selected issues of main holiday in 2015: quality of accommodation, safety of accommodation, nature, general price level, tourist welcome policy, availability of activities and services, facilities for people with special needs; way of traveling: alone, with partner, with family (adults only or with children), with friends, with an organised group; importance of the following aspects with regard to the choice of destination of the main holiday 2015: environmentally-friendly practices of local destination, environmentally-friendly tourism practices of accommodation, accessibility by environmentally-friendly means of transportation, certified environmentally-friendly practices; change of travel plans in 2015 due to: refugee crisis, recent terrorist attacks, terrorist threats, social or political instability, ...