Travel Behavior of Elderly in George Town and Malacca, Malaysia

Mohd, Saidatulakmal; Latiff, Abdul Rais Abdul; Senadjki, Abdelhak

doi:10.3390/su11195251

Cited by 13 publications

(33 citation statements)

References 55 publications

(60 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…It is not surprising that a majority of tourists, especially seniors, are concerned about the safety and cleanliness of tourism attractions as these are basic factors for traveling (Abooali et al, 2015;Esichaikul, 2012;Jang & Wu, 2006). Moreover, seniors are more concerned about medical and health treatment, which is consistent with the inevitable decline of health and the physical barriers that are universal consequences of aging (Mohamed et al, 2016). Notably, both senior and future senior tourists valued "seniors-only accommodation options" as the least important attribute (seniors = 3.68, future seniors = 3.58).…”

Section: Descriptive Statistics and Paired Sample T Test Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Future seniors are individuals who are about to enter the senior age phase in a few years (Mohamed et al, 2016). Research has revealed that future senior generations will behave more like the current population of the same age and show no decline in travel propensity as they move from their late middle to early senior years (You et al, 2000).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Attributes of Senior-Friendly Tourism Destinations for Current and Future Senior Tourists: An Importance-Performance Analysis Approach

2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study aims to identify the tourists’ expectation and satisfaction of destination attributes from the perspective of senior tourists in Malaysia. Two groups of tourists were chosen as the study sample, that is, future seniors (40–54 years old) and seniors (55 years old and above). It is hoped that, through recognizing and raising awareness on the need for equal traveling opportunities, senior tourists and future senior tourists will be encouraged to undertake more tourism activities. An importance-performance analysis (IPA) and paired sample t tests were employed to investigate senior tourists’ perceptions of senior-friendly destination attributes. Measures of destination attributes included the “4As” (i.e., attractions, accessibility, amenities, and ancillary services). The findings from a survey of 227 respondents revealed that the most important attributes for a senior-friendly destination are safety and cleanliness. Other attributes deemed important by senior tourists include the availability of leisure facilities and barrier-free public transportation. The findings also highlight attributes that tourism industry practitioners may use to improve tourists’ satisfaction and develop into competitive advantages against other tourist destinations. Both theoretical and practical implications of these important findings are discussed.

show abstract

Section: Descriptive Statistics and Paired Sample T Test Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attributes of Senior-Friendly Tourism Destinations for Current and Future Senior Tourists: An Importance-Performance Analysis Approach

2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…One study in Wenling, China shows that elderly who do not work and have more free time are more likely to walk (Ren et al 2018). In studies conducted in Latin America and Malaysia, elderly cohorts were found to walk more than younger ones (Mohd et al 2019;Ferrari et al 2020). Moreover, Adeel et al (2017) found that Pakistani elderly men take frequent walking trips to nearby social and religious places.…”

Section: Trip Mode Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The literature shows great variation in older adults' usage of PT in the Global South. For example, less than 4% of elderly in Malacca, Malaysia use PT (Mohd et al 2019), whereas in Hong Kong, nearly 90% of the total population uses PT and bus travel represents the highest percentage of daily travel for older adults (Szeto et al 2017). Additionally, the use of PT differs depending on socio-economic status, age, and gender.…”

Section: Public Transport (Pt)mentioning

confidence: 99%

A scoping review of the daily mobilities of older adults in the Global South

Villena‐Sanchez¹,

Boschmann²

2021

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Results show three dominant themes related to daily mobilities of older adults in the Global South: trip mode choice, unmet mobility needs, and socio-economic aspects of mobility.• Elderly in the Global South are generally more reliant on public transport, and aspects such as employment, living arrangements, caregiving relationships, and social networks intersect mobility opportunities. • There is a need for more longitudinal, qualitative, and/or mixed methods mobility studies that promote the participation of older adults in the Global South and avoid "one-size fits all" approaches.This review examines the current state of the literature on the daily mobility patterns of older adults in the Global South to discover what is known and uncover dominant themes. We used a scoping review approach to search literature in geography and other allied disciplines that primarily focus on elderly daily travel behaviours and related studies. We included 57 papers to review and identified three dominant themes across them: trip mode choice, unmet mobility needs, and socio-economic aspects of mobility. Results show that the elderly in the Global South, in contrast to their peers in the Global North, walk and use public transportation more frequently than personal vehicles. Some common unmet mobility needs of the elderly in the Global South include safety concerns, gender inequalities, and unequal access to public transportation. Socio-economic aspects that influence elderly mobilities include employment status, living arrangements, caregiving relationships, and social networks. We conclude that there is a need for more mobility studies that promote the participation of older adults in the Global South and that use longitudinal, qualitative, and/or mixed method approaches. Lastly, transportation policies should address specific elderly needs and avoid "one-size fits all" approaches.

show abstract

“…For example, Habib and Hui (2017) indicated that spatial accessibility to various activity locations is a crucial factor in defining the daily out-of-home activity participation of older people. Mohd et al (2019) found that location (city), education level, private vehicle ownership, health status and exercise participation are factors significantly affecting elderly travel frequency. Böcker et al (2017) comprehensively analysed the influence of socio-demographic, health, trip, spatial and weather attributes on elderly mobility with zero-inflated negative binomial and multinomial logit regression models.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Characterisation of elderly daily travel behaviour in Tianjin using a space–time cube

Zhang¹,

Zhang

Liu

et al. 2021

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The elderly may have unique, daily travel behaviour characteristics compared to other age groups, associated with age and physical ability. Defining these characteristics can inform urban infrastructure construction and planning. In this study, 20 elders aged between 60 and 70 years, living in the city centre of Tianjin, were selected to complete the survey. A total of 2232 hours of participant travel behaviour were collected via GPS equipment from July to August 2019. Data were used to create a space–time cube. Based on a statistical analysis of the GPS data, results indicated that the elderly mainly had six kinds of daily travel behaviours: visiting, shopping, outdoor exercise, eating out, going to the hospital and picking up and dropping off grandchildren. The main activity time was from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Their travel mode was mostly pedestrian-based, with an average single travel distance of about 1.01 km, and an average single travel time of about 0.5 hours. Using the space–time cube, characteristics of elderly daily travel behaviour were visualised. In addition, a typical space–time cube was summarised and presented. Data and methods from this study can provide reference and support for future-related research.

show abstract

Travel Behavior of Elderly in George Town and Malacca, Malaysia

Cited by 13 publications

References 55 publications

Attributes of Senior-Friendly Tourism Destinations for Current and Future Senior Tourists: An Importance-Performance Analysis Approach

Attributes of Senior-Friendly Tourism Destinations for Current and Future Senior Tourists: An Importance-Performance Analysis Approach

A scoping review of the daily mobilities of older adults in the Global South

Characterisation of elderly daily travel behaviour in Tianjin using a space–time cube

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About