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The Impact of Ageing on the Tourism Industry: An Approach to the Senior Tourist Profile.

The elderly population presents a market of particular relevance to a large number of industries for its high purchasing power, comparatively higher than younger groups. Specifically, the tourism sector is emerging as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the aging process as a result of changes in the lifestyle of the population currently, more leisure-oriented than previous generations. However, the tourist companies are facing difficulties in understanding these consumers, whose behavior is different as mentioned, from that of older people in the past.

Forms of religious tourism, Annals of Tourism Research

Religious tourism is that form that is exclusively or strongly motivated for religious reasons. One of the oldest types of tourism and a worldwide phenomenon of religious history, it can be differentiated into various forms. The short-term religious tourism is distinguished by excursions to nearby pilgrimage centers or religious conferences. The long-term describes visits of several days or weeks to national and international pilgrimage sites or conferences.

Australian seniors´ use of travel information sources: perceived usefulness of word-of-mouth, professional advice, marketer-dominated and general media information.

The influence of gastronomy on tourism has provided new and exciting opportunities for major stakeholders in the tourism and travel industry, which had previously emphasized homogeneity and stereotyped travel behavior for older travelers. This chapter explores the growth of this niche market and discuss how this new market segment can attract senior tourists.

"Circular Economy Model for Elderly Tourism Operation based om muliti-source Heterogeneous data integration"

The emerging senior tourism industry has attracted increasing attention in China due to the continuous development of social, economic and technological factors. However, the senior tourism market in China still faces significant shortages, and further market development is needed. To address this issue, a senior tourism business model based on the circular economy, artificial intelligence (AI) technology and multi-source heterogeneous data integration has been proposed in this study.

Age Simulation suits in Education and Training for the Nautical Tourism Sector. Sustainability.

Education can be the first step towards sustainable tourism. This article discusses the use of age simulation suits to educate university students majoring in nautical tourism. The research goal was to verify whether using such suits in the process can sensitize students to problems that may be faced by the elderly in marinas.