It’s time to make a travel plan: senior tourists’ concerns in planning a leisure journey to the Azores

Moniz, Ana Isabel Damião de Serpa Arruda; Silva, Osvaldo; Medeiros, Teresa; Furtado, Sheila

doi:10.1080/13032917.2021.1999755

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“…However, the availability to travel depends on socio-demographic characteristics, and the socio-occupational or family situation (e.g., age, family, responsibilities, level of autonomy and physical and mental capacity) [50]. On the other hand, senior tourists present the search for self-knowledge and well-being as motivations to travel (see Medeiros et al, 2020Silva, Medeiros, Moniz, et al, 2021;Silva, Medeiros, Vieira, et al, 2021).…”

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“…These authors support the hypothesis that the combination of hedonic and eudemonic measures can bring new value to tourism. Some authors argue that although senior tourists have idiosyncratic characteristics and different motivations when travelling, it is common for senior tourists to seek identity and well-being [7,8,10,12,15].…”

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“…Well-being in tourism experiences has been the target of recent attention in the academic community [1][2][3][4], with divergent results, the impact of vacations pointing either to an increase or decrease in the well-being and quality of life of the individual [5]. Nonetheless, recent studies have reported that senior tourists travel to enrich themselves personally, have new experiences, socialize, entertain and seek well-being [6][7][8][9], taking into account the existence of some concerns when planning a trip [10].…”

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PERMA Model of Well-Being Applied to Portuguese Senior Tourists: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

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Tourism has been affirmed as an activity that promotes health and well-being. The present study aims to present a confirmatory analysis of the PERMA model in a sample of Portuguese senior tourists who visited the island of São Miguel (Azores). After approval of the study by the ethics committee (reference 6/2022), a Sociodemographic Questionnaire, PERMA Profiler, and Life Satisfaction Scale—SWLS were applied to 1083 senior tourists (≥55 years) of various nationalities. To evaluate the PERMA model for senior tourism in Portugal, a total of 434 senior tourists of Portuguese nationality were extracted from the sample. The results revealed that most of the participants attributed scores above the midpoint in the five dimensions of PERMA (positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, accomplishment) and in the satisfaction with life scale. Using scale reliability analyses, we found that some of the dimensions in the PERMA model showed relatively low values both for Cronbach alpha and composite reliability. Several confirmatory structural equation models (single factorial, second order, and five factors) were calculated, as well as the usual adjustment measures, with the five-factor PERMA model presenting the best structure, although with a relatively low fit. The modification of the model by the weight of regressions between some of the items with larger covariances allowed a better adjustment: χ2(73) = 264.960, p < 0.001, χ2/df = 3.63, CFI = 0.94, TLI = 0.91, IFI = 0.94; GFI = 0.92, RMSEA = 0.078, p < 0.001. Although the results revealed that the experiences of senior tourists when visiting the island of São Miguel contributed significantly to their well-being and the modified model presented superior adjustment quality, future studies are suggested to evaluate the quality of the PERMA model applied to tourism.

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