Growing older : tourism and leisure behaviour of older adults /

This book explores the characteristics, tourist/leisure behaviours and tourism/leisure needs of older people, and how to effectively market to this expanding group in the future. The book's chapters examine: the motivations and constraints to tourism and leisure for older adults; sociodemograph...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Patterson, Ian Robert, 1945- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
Subjects:	Older people > Recreation. Older people > Travel. Information and Documentation. Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000) Leisure. Marketing and Distribution. Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000) Tourism and Travel. Aging. Behaviour. Constraints. Elderly. Information services. Leisure behaviour. Man. Marketing. Motivation. Package holidays. Tourism. Tours. Travel. Visitor behaviour. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Tourism and Leisure Needs of Older Adults
Motivations and Constraints to Tourism and Leisure for Older Adults
Socio-demographic Variables Associated with Tourism, Leisure and Ageing
Contemporary Trends in International Tourism and Travel for Older Adults
Information Sources on Tourism and Travel for Older People
Modes of Tourism and Leisure Travel by Older Adults
Different Travel Markets : Group Package Tours for Older Adults
Different Travel Markets : Adventure Tourism and the Baby Boomer Generation
Different Travel Markets : Educational Tourism and Older Adults
Tourism and Leisure Needs of Older Adults in Retirement Communities
Conclusions and Recommendations.