Contributes to strategic planning for museum managers who are planning on going digital in the coming years aiming at creating further value and satisfaction for their active senior visitors to cultural heritage sites.
A cyclo-tourism digital app entitled Jizo was co-designed. The results recommend a set of gamification techniques and elements that can motivate senior citizens to cyclo-tourism, being essential integrative parts of an app in this context. The game elements that were highlighted were: social relationships, progression, challenges, competition, feedback and rewards. These data support the view on the potential of gamification to motivate active ageing and sustainable cyclo-tourism.
ElderTreks is the world's first adventure travel company designed exclusively for people 50 and over. Established in 1987, ElderTreks offers active, off-the-beaten-path, small-group adventures by both land and sea in over 100 countries. ElderTreks offers wildlife and tribal African safaris, active hiking trips to the Rockies, Himalayas and Andes, expeditions by icebreakers to the Arctic and Antarctic and cultural journeys throughout Asia, South America and much of the world.
Colorado based company Walking the World offers hiking and walking tours for 50+ tourists.
Since 1987, Walking the World have been designing and leading small group walking tours to more than 30 destinations worldwide.
North Carolina based company Senior Cycling specializes in bicycle tours for active adults ages 50 and up. Small groups limited to a maximum of 13 participants, and are always accompanied by supporting transport, in case someone needs a break from riding. Tours are rated at three difficulty levels, from easy to advanced.
Factors affecting visits of seniors to sites, using statistical tests, and examining the use of information, even conveyed through social media, in increasing the share of elderly visitors.
Identify the factors that facilitate or hinder senior tourists’ visits to museums. The resulting evidence captures how the accessibility of museums impacts the share of elderly visitors who have access problems and higher need of assistance and, therefore, provides useful information to improve cultural supply.
Findings suggest that 360° VR with HMD can be an effective assistive technology to foster senior cyclotourism by promoting tourism sites, simulating the cycling pedaling effect, and improving senior citizens’ general wellbeing and independence with physical and mental rehabilitation.
The present research emphasised differences in senior travel preferences and a possible segmentation of silver tourists in Romania (e.g. based on their income, education level), highly suggesting that the elderly’s needs have to be addressed by tailor-made products.
Wellness resorts in the US