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A comparative study on Leisure Constraintes between the Seniors and Pre-schoolers.

With the graying of the baby boomers, the mature market becomes an important travel segment. This article compares the individual perceived constraints experienced by mature (over 50) and young travelers (under 50), to identify and compare the important constraint factors perceived by these groups, and to examine the influence of these factors on travel behaviors. Differences in perceived constraint factors were found when comparing the two groups.

Tourist Roles, Gender and Age in Greece: A Study of Tourists in Greece. International Journal of Sport Management Recreation & Tourism

Concerns tourism marketing and tourist roles, gender and age differences via a representative sample of 1675 tourists The Tourist Role Preference Scale (TRPS) used. Yiannakis and Gibson’s 15 leisure tourist roles in Greece. A comparison between gender and age revealed more similarities than differences.

Marketing the Leisure experience to Baby Boomers and Older tourists.' J. of Hospitality Marketing & Management. Feb. No.18.

Μarketing campaigns need to be tailored to emphasize the leisure experience and to include actual statements from older people based on their perceived feelings about the tourism experience. In seeking to bring greater attention to this issue, this article seeks to first detail the changing leisure interests of today's older tourists before concluding with a discussion of key marketing considerations for this growing cohort group.

Constraints and Facilitators for Senior Tourism.

The model illustrates how intrapersonal and interpersonal constraints and facilitators (e.g. health and emotional stress, loss of travel partners) and microstructural and macrostructural factors (e.g. finances and travel regulations) explain tourist behaviour among seniors. The model incorporates strategies that seniors develop to overcome constraints to travelling, via anticipation and intervention.

A model of senior tourism motivations – Anecdotes from Beijing and Shanghai. Tourism Management

The study initiates an original inquiry into the motivations of senior tourism in China, a developing country which witnesses the fastest rate of aging in the world and is at the same time emerging as a global tourism superpower. Further, the study puts forward eight propositions, each of which is discussed in reference to extant tourism motivation literature.