Seniors’ Travel Constraints and Their Coping Strategies

Kazeminia, Azadeh; Chiappa, Giacomo Del; Jafari, Jafar

doi:10.1177/0047287513506290

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“…This might be reflected by their experiences and knowledge collected since they were young until becoming a seniority. Many scholars (e.g., Long, 1998;Moschis, 1996;Ahmad, 2002Ahmad, , 2003Kazaminia, Del Chiappa, & Jafari, 2015;Datillo et al, 2015) in the general consumer behaviour literature have reported that the older consumer market has become more heterogeneous than the younger consumers in terms of preferences, motives, and spending power. They also tend to be more discerning and will demand higher quality service during travelling, as well as a greater degree of choice and flexibility in their travel and tourism consumption.…”

Section: Characteristics Of the Senior Tourism Market 221 Travel Momentioning

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Senior tourists’ preferences in the developing countries – measuring perceptions of Serbian potential senior market

Spasojević

Kovačić

2016

European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation

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Senior leisure travel became a significant part of the global tourism market, and developing countries with lower GNP, such as South-East European countries, are also part of this trend. The principal aim of the paper was to explore the senior tourists' preferences (choice of destination, transport, and accommodation), their travel motivation, and travel limitations of this fast-growing market with immense potential in this country. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 320 senior tourists in the five biggest cities of Serbia. The results indicate spa and mountain centres as preferable travel destinations among the potential senior tourists in Serbia, while the major factors for choosing a destination showed to be travel costs, climate conditions, and destination proximity. The research findings also showed that the principal travel motives are rest and relaxation and health improvement, and in connection to this, the most preferable activities on the destination are engagement in spa and medical treatments and spending time in unspoiled nature. Moreover, the study indicates financial difficulties and health concerns as the major travel barriers of potential senior market in Serbia. The research findings can be used as a framework for all tourism stakeholders involved in tailoring a specific tourism product for Serbian senior travel market.

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Section: Characteristics Of the Senior Tourism Market 221 Travel Momentioning

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Senior tourists’ preferences in the developing countries – measuring perceptions of Serbian potential senior market

Spasojević

Kovačić

2016

European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation

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“…The WTO estimates that by 2050 the population aged 60 and older will represent more than 2 billion international trips, a vastly greater number if we compare it to the resulting 593 million for the year 1999 (Patterson, 2006). Chen and Shoemaker (2014), Chu and Chu (2013), Cooper et al (2007), Glover and Prideaux (2009), Kim and Jang (2015), Mahadevan (2014) and Ryan (1995) point to the aging baby boom generation, with a more leisurely and recreational travel lifestyle than any other generation has ever had and great purchasing power (Dann, 2007;Kazeminia et al, 2015;Kuo and Lu, 2013;Van den Berg et al, 2011), as one of the most important markets for the tourism industry.…”

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Travel frequency of seniors tourists

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The current demand in tourism is characterized more frequent trips throughout the year, but shorter than before.. Yet even though this trend will have an adverse affect on the hospitality industry, it will benefit the travel industry. Most of the current literature is based upon the premise that the variables determining travel participation are the same ones that influence travel frequency. However they need not be the same nor behave in the same manner in terms of participation and travel frequency. The aim of this study is to identify the variables that influence the travel frequency of Spanish seniors, one of the most important collectives for the tourism industry given its high travel frequency which depends on variables determining travel participation. Our results show that the variables gender, self-perceived economic status and self-perceived time available determine Spanish senior travel frequency.

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“…They often travel, compared with young people, they spend more time on vacation and spend more on leisure activities. [3] …”

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Design of Service Framework Based on the Trip Experience of the Elderly – Take the cultural and historical scenic spot as an example

Meng

2018

MATEC Web Conf.

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Abstract. The tourism market that serves the aged is already being paid more and more attention to with the trend of population aging, but there is still no suitable mode for the tourism of the old in the view of sightseeing, visiting, nostalgia and other qualities. Based on existing relevant research, the author adopts questionnaire and interview survey, this paper analyzes the present travel intention and pain point of the elderly and then investigates the historical and cultural sights of the city with large passenger flow through field investigation method. By summarizing the common characteristics of individual cases, this paper analyzes the common problems existing in our country's humanistic and historical tourist attractions and constructs a service framework suitable for the elderly to visit the cultural and historical scenic spots to improve the existing deficiencies.

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Seniors’ Travel Constraints and Their Coping Strategies

Cited by 146 publications

References 54 publications

Senior tourists’ preferences in the developing countries – measuring perceptions of Serbian potential senior market

Senior tourists’ preferences in the developing countries – measuring perceptions of Serbian potential senior market

Travel frequency of seniors tourists

Design of Service Framework Based on the Trip Experience of the Elderly – Take the cultural and historical scenic spot as an example

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