Book Chapter10.1007/978-94-017-3554-4_14
The Return Visit-Return Migration Connection
David Timothy Duval
- 01 Jan 2002
- pp 257-276
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TL;DR: Duval et al. as mentioned in this paper explored a tentative conceptual connection between return visits, as a form of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) tourism, and return migration, using data from a recent study of return visits among members of the Commonwealth Eastern Caribbean community living in Toronto, Canada.
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Abstract: The purpose of this chapter is to explore a tentative conceptual connection between return visits, as a form of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) tourism, and return migration. To illustrate this connection, data from a recent study of return visits among members of the Commonwealth Eastern Caribbean community living in Toronto, Canada is presented (Duval, 2001).
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