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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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European Commission

Eurobarometer

Flash Eurobarometer 334

Attitudes of Europeans towards tourism

SUMMARY

Fieldwork: January 2012

Publication: March 2012

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_334_sum_en.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

The objectives of the survey were to study:

respondents’ motivation for going on holiday in 2011,

the types of research and modes of organisation that people use before taking a holiday,

attitudes towards tourism ( e.g. preferred holiday destinations, and the types of holiday that respondents favour),

respondents’ travel profiles in 2011,

the reasons why respondents did not go on holiday in 2011, including the potential impact of the current economic crisis and respondents’ holiday plans for 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 4

1. RESEARCHING AND PLANNING A HOLIDAY ............................................ 6

2. THE HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE .................................................................... 7

3. TRAVELLERS’ PROFILE IN 2011 .............................................................. 9

4. HOLIDAY DISABLING FACTORS IN 2011 AND 2012 ............................. 11

5. HOLIDAYS PLANNED FOR 2012 ............................................................ 12

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