The traffic performance of leisure
traffic has increased over the few last years. The choice of transport
mode for (short-time) vacations up to a distance of 1,000 km (oneway) is
dominated by motorised private transport. There is, therefore a
considerable potential for making visitor traffic more environment
friendly by modifying traffic management.

The
current empirical database for holiday traffic that is required for
optimally adopted concepts has certain limitations. This paper relates
to uncommon leisure traffic. It examines the travel behaviour of
visitors in Northern Hesse, based on a survey that was conducted in the
summer of 2013.