Screen LibraryTourism and leisure behaviour in an ageing world /
Older adults are a growing population with money and time to invest in leisure and tourism. This book provides the latest research, new trends such as independent travel, the leisure experience, cultural and heritage tourism, cruises and wellness tourism and case studies of organisations successfull...
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CABI,
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| Publisher Address: | Wallingford, Oxfordshire : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Older adults are a growing population with money and time to invest in leisure and tourism. This book provides the latest research, new trends such as independent travel, the leisure experience, cultural and heritage tourism, cruises and wellness tourism and case studies of organisations successfully catering to older needs. |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 243 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), forms ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781786390943 (hardback) : 1786390949 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | G155 |
| CLC: | F590.1 |
| Call Number: | F590.1/P317 |
| Contents: | Tourism and leisure needs of older travellers -- Socio-demographic variables associated with tourism, leisure and ageing -- Motivations and constraints to tourism and leisure for older travellers -- Changing technological trends and the travel behaviour of older tourists -- Modes of leisure travel by older adults -- Types of travel experiences : group package tours (GPT) and independent leisure travellers -- Different travel markets : adventure tourism and the older traveller -- Different travel markets : educational tourism and the older traveller -- Different travel markets : cruise touris |