2016
DOI: 10.21003/ea.v156-0025
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Health tourism in the context of active ageing of Slovak population

Abstract: Abstract. The article examines health tourism in the context of active ageing of population. The proportion of senior age in the total European population is constantly increasing. Тhe ageing of population becomes a global phenomenon. Currently, active ageing as a process of optimising opportunities for maintaining health, participation in public life and security in order to enhance the quality of life of elderly people can solve problems related to the demographic development. Health tourism facilities may e… Show more

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“…This also deserves to be discussed in light of Portuguese pensioners and the recent evolution of pensions. Pensioners are now more mobile than they were several decades ago, and a number of studies identify the roles of programs referred to as ‘senior tourism’ or ‘social tourism’, the improvement in the quality of roads (Sebova et al ., 2016), and the increasing autonomy of aging pensioners (Popov et al ., 2015). This additional source of income leakage means that there have been more instances of Portuguese pensioners spending their endowments in goods and services classified as ‘regional imports’, i.e., goods and services produced outside the region in which the Portuguese pensioners reside.…”
Section: A Review Of the Literature – From The Distribution Of Pensiomentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This also deserves to be discussed in light of Portuguese pensioners and the recent evolution of pensions. Pensioners are now more mobile than they were several decades ago, and a number of studies identify the roles of programs referred to as ‘senior tourism’ or ‘social tourism’, the improvement in the quality of roads (Sebova et al ., 2016), and the increasing autonomy of aging pensioners (Popov et al ., 2015). This additional source of income leakage means that there have been more instances of Portuguese pensioners spending their endowments in goods and services classified as ‘regional imports’, i.e., goods and services produced outside the region in which the Portuguese pensioners reside.…”
Section: A Review Of the Literature – From The Distribution Of Pensiomentioning
confidence: 99%