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Road Scholar

The activities proposed are varied, ranging from discovering cities on foot or by bike, to learning a foreign language in immersion, or even hiking in the mountains or by the sea. This is reflected in all the photos visible on their social networks, showing seniors in the middle of the action, or in the description of the proposed trips, leaving a large part to the free discovery of a place by the seniors.

Environmental skills gaps in tourism and hospitality organisations: evidence from Europe.

This research analyses the current self-reported level of proficiency of environmental skills, the required future level of proficiency, and the gaps between them. Given the increasingly urgent need for the tourism industry to take action to support environmental management practices, this research provides evidence of key environmental skill gaps. The findings revealed that the country of registration, the size and the tourism sector type influence significantly the current and future proficiency levels of environmental skills, and the gaps between them.