Population Ageing, Tourism and Travel Insurance

Henderson, Joan C.

doi:10.1080/02508281.2007.11081545

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“…Besides, the study revealed that both travelers aged 25 or below, and 65 or above are less likely to purchase travel insurance than the others. This is true for the elderly group because travel insurance policies may impose upper age limits on the insured (Henderson, 2007). Thus hospitality service providers such as travel agents, airlines, or hoteliers could attract the attention of travelers in these age groups by emphasizing their insurance inclusive tour packages or other forms of guarantees when selling services.…”

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Hong Kong Residents' Adoption of Risk Reduction Strategies in Leisure Travel

Cheung

Law

2011

Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing

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For decades risk has been identified as a major concern for traveling. Although some recent studies focused on studying consumers' perceived travel risks, only a few prior studies literally discussed consumers' risk reduction strategies in the context of travel-related services. To fill this gap, this study aims to investigate the travel-related risk reduction strategies that Hong Kong residents adopt to strengthen their confidence during leisure travel. This study also explores if travelers of different travel-related and sociodemographic characteristics adopt different risk reduction strategies. Among different risk reduction strategies-"purchase travel insurance," "bring extra cash," and "search for latest information about the destination"-are the ones which Hong Kong residents are likely to adopt when they travel for leisure. Results revealed that travel-related and sociodemographic characteristics influenced travelers' likelihood to risk reduction strategies differently. Specifically, travel experience of travelers, age, and household income displayed significant differences in the likelihood of adopting most of the risk reduction strategies.

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