Senior Millionaires and their Travel Behaviours: the Case of Turkey

Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Hedefleri Bağlamında Turizm Uygulamalarının Değerlendirilmesi

“…The senior millionaires want to travel more often after the age of 55 due to their spare time, possess the desire to observe unique places without health concerns, and are willing to learn and experience new things (Bulut & Nazli, 2020), similar to the wishes of senior tourists in terms of willingness to experience novel spots (Small, 2003) and the creation of memories (Patterson et al, 2017). On the other hand, this segment's travel intention, travel frequency, duration of stay at the destination, choice of accommodation and transportation, preference of intermediaries, who their partners will be, and how much they will pay attention to their health throughout their travel after the COVID-19 period are question marks and a literature gap.…”

“…According to the United Nations, the senior travel market has become a key segment in the tourism sector, considering there will be two billion people aged 60 by 2050 (Stončikaitė, 2021). However, not much is known about how the senior millionaires will decide to travel after the COVID-19 pandemic, considering their health issues and the availability of health The literature discusses senior tourism in terms of motivation for travel (Aggarwal et al, 2023;Bulut & Nazli, 2020), frequency of travel and travel distances (Ferrer-Rosell et al, 2014), duration of the stay (Alen et al, 2014), where to stay, and vehicle choices (Diekmann et al, 2020), millionaire's technology preferences and intermediaries (Bulut & Nazli, 2020), acquaintances as travel companions (Diekmann et al, 2020), months to travel (Möller et al, 2007), health concerns (Bulut & Nazli, 2020), senior travel concerning the COVID-19 pandemic , and post-COVID-19 senior travel intentions (Otoo et al, 2021). However, the literature lacks knowledge about what the senior millionaires' post-COVID-19 travel intentions are, specifically for Turkish millionaires, and what they are going to look for while traveling to a tourist destination after the COVID-19 period.…”

Senior tourism: travel motivators and perceived constraints and risks for the elderly

“…Existing studies have not yet focused on the aggregate impacts of both negative and positive factors on senior individuals’ travel-related intentions, which this study aims to showcase. Destination marketing companies and tourism organizations should understand the market of senior tourists in greater depth (Bulut and Nazli, 2020) by considering a variety of facilitators and deterrents (Wen et al , 2020), as the latter tend to stay longer and spend more on travel than other age groups (Teruel-Sanchez et al , 2021).…”

Unveiling the antecedents of senior citizens′ behavioural intentions to travel: A mixed-method approach

“…Since the senior market is among the most rapidly growing segments of the tourism industry, it is imperative that the tourism industry understands the travel behaviour of the elderly in order to effectively adjust tourism products according to the needs of the same (Huber et al, 2017). As the senior tourist market is stable and not susceptible to seasonality (Zolotovskiy and Stelnik, 2019), there exists substantial economic impetus for the industry players to focus their attention upon the former’s travel motivations, needs and concerns (Bulut and Nazli, 2020).…”

“…As the senior tourist market is stable and not susceptible to seasonality (Zolotovskiy and Stelnik, 2019), there exists substantial economic impetus for the industry players to focus their attention upon the former's travel motivations, needs and concerns (Bulut and Nazli, 2020).…”