Professor Elisa Zentveld
Professor, Social Justice
Elisa Zentveld, PhD is a Professor of Social Justice at Federation University. She was previously the Chair of Academic Board, Federation University Australia and prior to that, was an Associate Professor of Tourism and Management. Elisa is a TEQSA panel expert and has also been an Australian Research Council ERA reviewer and an Australian Awards for University Teaching winner and reviewer.
Elisa’s research is interdisciplinary, focused on the intersection of family tourism and family violence. She is ranked number 1 in the world for Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) Travel research based on the volume of publications and citations. Her tourism research contributions have resulted in her being inducted into the International Urban Tourism Research Hall of Fame for her exceptional contributions to the field of urban tourism research. She has also received 14 awards to recognise her outstanding contribution to tourism research and education. Her main research interests are Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel, family tourism, and family violence.
Living with Family Violence and The Great Escape
An examination of tourists’ pre-trip motivational model using push–pull theory: Melbourne as a case study
Control, Abuse, Bullying and Family Violence in Tourism Industries
VFR travel: Opportunities, trends, and issues
Does Destination, Relationship Type, or Migration Status of the Host Impact
Family tourism: a New Zealand COVID-19 perspective
Now is the time: VFR travel desperately seeking respect
Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) is a significant form of travel in most countries. However,...
Tourist behaviour in a COVID-19 world: a New Zealand perspective
VFR Travel in Turkey during and Post-COVID-19
Visiting Older Friends and Relatives: Opportunities for tourism cities
Trans-border territories in tourism in 2020: New perspectives
VFR travel interactions through the lens of the host
Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel is a substantial segment of tourism globally. In many...
A content analysis of cross-cultural motivational studies in tourism relating to nationalities
The importance of outbound markets to a host country has increased scholars' interest in...
An examination of the relationship between VFR Travel and Family Violence
Push/pull factors in cross-cultural motivational studies: A content analysis
Take me back…but to where? A content analysis of how country of origin impacts on the authenticity of souvenirs
Souvenirs are a popular commodity for purchase by tourists. Souvenirs can serve as an emotional...
VFR travel: Do visits improve or reduce our quality of life?
Quality of Life (QOL) has started to emerge as an important component across numerous disciplines...
Australian Honours degrees: The last bastion of quality?
The first tourism Honours degree in Australia was offered almost three decades ago, and since...
Travel and quality of life: Where do socio-economically disadvantaged individuals fit in?
Recently, there has been increasing scholarly interest in the relationship between tourism and...
Do visits from friends and relatives improve quality of life or make us feel worse?
Hosting Friends Versus Hosting Relatives: Is Blood Thicker Than Water?
Little research has been undertaken to examine visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel from...
Understanding the Proclivity of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) Travel across Family Life Cycle Stages in Australia
The Family Life Cycle (FLC) model is frequently used for understanding travel patterns and...
VFR travel: A panacea for destination recovery?
VFR Travel: A Viable Market for Tourism Crisis and Disaster Recovery?
Rebuilding tourist arrivals after crises/disasters is important. However, tourism may have...
VFR Travel: Is It Still Underestimated?
VFR traveller demographics: The social tourism dimension
The global phenomenon of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel is substantial, including in...
Visiting friends or relatives?
Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) contributes significantly to tourism activity and revenues,...
Whole tourism systems: an academic portrait of Neil Leiper
The propensity to engage in VFR travel across the family lifecycle stages
The Family Life Cycle (FLC) model is frequently used for understanding travel patterns...
The relationship between VFR travel and Quality of Life
A content analysis of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel research
Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel is a significant form of tourism worldwide. Scholarly...
Implementing VFR travel strategies
Local impacts, global prospects: The future of VFR travel
The Evolution of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) Travel Research: A content analysis
Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel is a significant form of tourism...
The value and contributions of VFR to destinations and destination marketing
VFR travel: Its true dimensions
VFR travel: Progressing towards greater recognition
VFR Travel Research: International Perspectives
This is the first book to explore research on visiting friends and relatives (VFR). In many...
VFR Travel: Well-known but not known well
An introduction to the future
Industry perceptions of events futures
THE DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND OF VFR TRAVEL: EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIA
The future of events and festivals
The future of events and festivals
The Relationship between VFR Travel and Social Tourism in Australia
VFR travel in practice: Case studies from Victoria, Australia
Empirical testing of the theory of partial industrialisation in tourism
Family Holidays - Vacation or Obli-cation?
The most common stated reason for taking a holiday has been found to be ‘to reduce stress’....
Introduction: Social media special issue
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Burnt at the Student Evaluation Stake - the penalty for failing students
Family tourism: Multidisciplinary perspectives
Investigating the 'family life cycle' model in tourism
Partial Industrialisation in Tourism: Modelling Ballarat
The stress of the family holiday
VFR travel: It is underestimated
Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel is a substantial form of tourism worldwide. In...
VFR travel: Why marketing to aunt betty matters
VFR travelers: How long are they staying?
VFR Travel: It IS Underestimated
VFR Travellers of the Future
Opportunities for commercial accommodation in VFR travel
This research explores the extent to which VFR travellers utilise commercial accommodation in the...
The relationship of VFR travellers with tourism industries
Using smartphones and Facebook in a major assessment: the student experience
VFR travellers: How long are they staying?
Opportunties for Commercial Accommodation in VFR Travel
VFR Trilogy
A Semester with a 'Dr Fox': The need to go beyond SETs
The relationship of VFR travellers with tourism industries
VFR Travellers - Visiting the Destination or Visiting the Hosts?
Visiting the Destination or Visiting us? A look at VFR tourism
VFR travel: An examination of the expenditure of VFR travellers and their hosts
VFR Tourism - The forgotten tourism phenomenon