Tourism Product Development for the Senior Market, Based on Travel-Motive Research

Cleaver, Megan; Muller, Thomas E.; Ruys, Hein; Wei, Sherrie

doi:10.1080/02508281.1999.11014852

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“…Therefore, existing studies converge around themes of relaxation, socialization, learning, seeking, and escaping as important travel motives for the senior market (Shoemaker, 2000;Jang & Wu, 2006;Hsu et al, 2007;Sangpikul, 2008;. Studies in Australia (e.g., Cleaver, Muller, Ruys, & Wei, 1999;Muller & O'Cass, 2001;Horneman et al, 2002;Sellick, 2004) found similar results. From a European perspective, the Boksberger and Laesser (2009) study of Swiss senior travelers found three segments based on 25 motives.…”

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confidence: 66%

Senior Travelers’ Motivations and Future Behavioral Intentions: THE CASE OF NICE

Prayag

2012

Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing

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The push and pull framework was used to understand the motives of senior travelers and their future behavioral intentions to the city of Nice, France. The results, based on a convenience sample of 200 senior travelers, indicated that rest and relaxation, spend time with family, and being together as a family were the three most important motives for visiting the city. Pull attributes such as weather and climate, beaches and watersports, and beautiful scenery and attractions were the three most important pull factors. Significant correlations were found between some of the push and pull factors. Revisit intentions were predicted by the motive of escape and relaxation while recommendation intentions were predicted by the pull factor of cultural attractions and accommodation. Managerial implications for product development and marketing to the senior market are suggested.

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Section: The Push-pull Frameworkmentioning

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Senior Travelers’ Motivations and Future Behavioral Intentions: THE CASE OF NICE

Prayag

2012

Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing

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“…In a study by Sellick (2004), the author found that nostalgia is one of the most important travel motives for the largest segment of senior travelers. Similarly, a number of other studies have shown that the nostalgic desire of seniors to revisit their ancestral homes is consistent across cultures (e.g., Hsu et al, 2007;Cleaver, Muller, Ruys, & Wei, 1999).…”

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Investigating the Memorable Experiences of the Senior Travel Market: An Examination of the Reminiscence Bump

Tung

Ritchie

2011

Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing

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The importance of the senior travel market has been well-recognized by tourism marketers and researchers. While academic studies have begun to examine the psychological aspects of senior travelers, more progress must be made to investigate the psychology of memory, particularly with respect to the reminiscence bump, behind the nature of their memorable experiences (MEs). In-depth interviews with 42 respondents revealed five characteristics: identity formation, family milestones, relationship development, nostalgia reenactment, and freedom pursuits. Finally, the practical implications of this study are discussed and several avenues for future research are proposed.

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“…Additional exceptions are Nimrod and Rotem (2010), who, despite interviewing seniors aged 50 or more, have a sample made up entirely of retirees. The samples of two more studies (Cleaver et al 1999;Wang et al 2008) include mostly retirees.…”

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“…Within the top three factors of each study, the most frequently occurring macro-factors are culture/nature, which includes all factors relating to interest in cultural aspects and natural resources, experience/adventure, which incorporates experiential motivations (see, e.g., Sangpikul 2008a), and relax/well-being/escape, pertaining to relaxation, more generally wellbeing, and escapism (see, e.g., Cleaver et al 1999). Macro-factors related to socialization and self-realization are less common.…”

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Travel Motivations of Seniors: A Review and a Meta-Analytical Assessment

Patuelli

Nijkamp

2015

SSRN Journal

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Over the past decades, leisure travel has become increasingly popular in older segments of the world population, as a consequence of global factors such as a rise in life expectancy, improved health conditions, a higher disposable income, and increased availability of discretionary time in retirement age. Consequently, researchers have become more interested in studying the motivations for travel of seniors. A number of questions may be raised or have been addressed in the recent past: What are the main factors explaining the travelling choices of seniors? Are their travel motivations different from the ones of the younger population, which have been widely studied in the past? Are geographical differences in terms of motivations comparable between different age groups? Why is senior tourism a topic of particular interest with regard to Asia? In order to answer such questions, in this paper we provide a review of the literature on the travel motivations of seniors. On the basis of 29 articles published on the topic, we provide a qualitative and meta-analytic assessment of past findings, by investigating the dimensions of travel motivations most frequently employed in past seniors surveys. Finally, we discuss a research agenda for further analysis of senior travel motivations and for the integration of this branch of travel research within a wider framework.

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Tourism Product Development for the Senior Market, Based on Travel-Motive Research

Cited by 80 publications

References 10 publications

Senior Travelers’ Motivations and Future Behavioral Intentions: THE CASE OF NICE

Senior Travelers’ Motivations and Future Behavioral Intentions: THE CASE OF NICE

Investigating the Memorable Experiences of the Senior Travel Market: An Examination of the Reminiscence Bump

Travel Motivations of Seniors: A Review and a Meta-Analytical Assessment

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