Segmentation and the Senior Traveler: Implications for Today's and Tomorrow's Aging Consume

Faranda, William T.; Schmidt, Sandra

doi:10.1300/j073v08n02_02

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“…According to Blazey (1992), Faranda andSchmidt (1999) and Romsa and Blenman (1989) this variable affects senior travel participation but it does not influence travel frequency. This lack of relationship between senior employment status and travel frequency allows us to corroborate one of the gerontological theories most widely used to explain senior travel behavior, Atchley's (1989) "Continuity theory".…”

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“…However, several authors (in Nyaupane et al, 2008) point out seniors' lack of money and time, among others, as their major impediments to travel. In this sense, Faranda and Schmidt (1999) argue that although retirees have more time off, retirement does not determine their tendency to travel. In fact, Blazey (1992) and Romsa and Blenman (1989) suggest that the travel trend remains almost constant before and after retirement.…”

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“…Additionally, most of the existing studies focus on identifying only the variables that determine senior participation in travel (Blazey, 1992;Chen and Wu, 2009;Faranda and Schmidt, 1999;Fleischer and Pizam, 2002;Huh, 2006;Jang and Ham, 2009;Nyaupane et al 2008;Pettersson and Schmöcker, 2010;Romsa and Blenman, 1989;Sakai et al, 2000;Wang, 2005;Wu, 2003 andZimmer et al 1995), but not the variables affecting travel frequency.…”

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The current demand in tourism is characterized more frequent trips throughout the year, but shorter than before.. Yet even though this trend will have an adverse affect on the hospitality industry, it will benefit the travel industry. Most of the current literature is based upon the premise that the variables determining travel participation are the same ones that influence travel frequency. However they need not be the same nor behave in the same manner in terms of participation and travel frequency. The aim of this study is to identify the variables that influence the travel frequency of Spanish seniors, one of the most important collectives for the tourism industry given its high travel frequency which depends on variables determining travel participation. Our results show that the variables gender, self-perceived economic status and self-perceived time available determine Spanish senior travel frequency.

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“…They were sensitive consumers and tend to choose "value for money" thing in tourism consumption. So pricing information was a greater impact on their travel decisions [6].…”

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Analysis on Tourism Demand of Elderly Tourists in Beijing

Qiao¹

2016

Proceedings of the 3d International Conference on Applied Social Science Research

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“…Respecto a la definición del grupo que será objeto de la presente investigación, se han considerado las personas a partir de los 55 años, decisión adoptada a partir de la revisión de la literatura, ya que el número de autores que han optado por este umbral de edad obteniendo resultados satisfactorios en sus investigaciones es numeroso (Barak y Schiffman, 1981;Moschis, 1992Moschis, , 1994Moschis, , 1996Moschis, , 2000Moschis, , 2003Marin Vidal, 1993;Cai, 1997;Dunne y Turley, 1997;Mathur, Sherman y Schiffman, 1998;Faranda y Schmidt, 1999;Shoemaker, 2000;Hsu y Lee, 2002;Reece, 2004;Wang, Norman y McGuire, 2005).…”

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Análisis de la edad cognitiva como criterio de segmentación del turista mayor

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2010

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ResumenLa denominada tercera edad constituye uno de los segmentos de mercado más atractivos para la industria turística en las economías desarrolladas del siglo XXI. Este grupo, cada vez más numeroso, cuyos individuos están en plenitud de facultades y con una disponibilidad adquisitiva considerable, no puede ser tratado como un conjunto homogéneo en térmi-nos demográficos, psicológicos, ni comportamentales. Realizada una revisión de la literatura sobre los diversos criterios empleados para la segmentación del mercado de mayores, el presente artículo plantea un modelo de medición del constructo "edad cognitiva", como alternativa a la edad cronológica, variable tradicionalmente utilizada para diferenciar a los mayores, con la finalidad de determinar si existen diferencias significativas entre ambas.El objetivo de esta investigación es, por lo tanto, comprobar si existen divergencias entre las edades cognitivas y cronológicas de las personas mayores, en el caso de que se contraste positivamente esta hipótesis, se justificaría la importancia de utilizar dicha variable en el proceso de segmentación de las personas mayores. Una vez realizada la segmentación se analiza el efecto de la edad cognitiva sobre el comportamiento turístico de los mayores como turistas en los viajes de larga duración. Con la finalidad de alcanzar estos objetivos y una vez recopilada la información, se emplean un conjunto de técnicas estadísticas multivariantes que permitirán contrastar las hipótesis Palabras clave: Mayores, segmentación, edad cognitiva, comportamiento turístico. AbstractThe so-called third age is one of the most attractive market segments for the tourism industry in the developed economies of the twenty-first century. This group, growing in numbers,

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Segmentation and the Senior Traveler: Implications for Today's and Tomorrow's Aging Consume

Cited by 57 publications

References 32 publications

Travel frequency of seniors tourists

Travel frequency of seniors tourists

Analysis on Tourism Demand of Elderly Tourists in Beijing

Análisis de la edad cognitiva como criterio de segmentación del turista mayor

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