Towards an understanding of older adult educational tourism through the development of a three-phase integrated framework

Sie, Lintje; Patterson, Ian; Pegg, Shane

doi:10.1080/13683500.2015.1021303

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“…All in all, cultural and naturalistic motivations, presumably based mostly on observation, seem to leave way to an interest for more active forms of tourism, based on sports, discovery, and socialization. This result is consistent with the view of a new definition of 'senior', whose cognitive age (as discussed, e.g., in Cleaver Sellick 2004;Sie et al 2015), as well as improved physical conditions, cannot be ignored.…”

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Travel Motivations of Seniors: A Review and a Meta-Analytical Assessment

Patuelli

Nijkamp

2015

SSRN Journal

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Over the past decades, leisure travel has become increasingly popular in older segments of the world population, as a consequence of global factors such as a rise in life expectancy, improved health conditions, a higher disposable income, and increased availability of discretionary time in retirement age. Consequently, researchers have become more interested in studying the motivations for travel of seniors. A number of questions may be raised or have been addressed in the recent past: What are the main factors explaining the travelling choices of seniors? Are their travel motivations different from the ones of the younger population, which have been widely studied in the past? Are geographical differences in terms of motivations comparable between different age groups? Why is senior tourism a topic of particular interest with regard to Asia? In order to answer such questions, in this paper we provide a review of the literature on the travel motivations of seniors. On the basis of 29 articles published on the topic, we provide a qualitative and meta-analytic assessment of past findings, by investigating the dimensions of travel motivations most frequently employed in past seniors surveys. Finally, we discuss a research agenda for further analysis of senior travel motivations and for the integration of this branch of travel research within a wider framework.

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“…The brief review by Sie et al (2015), in wich aspects related to cognitive age and inter-cohort differences are discussed, represents one of the few exception in this regard.…”

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Travel Motivations of Seniors: A Review and a Meta-Analytical Assessment

Patuelli

Nijkamp

2015

SSRN Journal

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“…These scholars' findings imply that all travel affects the development of a variety of skills. However, based on those studies, we cannot positively state that these skills acquired from traveling are observable in a sample of workers because the majority of research on educational outcomes of travel focusses on youth (Stone & Petrick, ) or older adults (Sie, Patterson, & Pegg, ). Thus, it is essential to show that employee travel generates similar benefits concerning the development of skills that may be critical to their job settings or functions.…”

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Do people who travel more perform better at work?

Miyakawa

Kawakubo

Oguchi

2019

Journal of Tourism Research

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In this study, we examined how travel experiences affect job performance by improving generic skills and self-efficacy. We collected data using a questionnaire delivered to 232 Japanese employees working for a temporary employment agency. Additionally, an objective measurement (financial data) was used to assess employees' job performance level. The results revealed that travel experiences positively influenced job performance as mediated by generic skills and general self-efficacy. In addition to offering important implications for organizations and employees, our findings are likely to advance the current research on the mechanism of the benefits of travel on job performance.

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“…To define educational tourism as a separate type of tourism is quite difficult, because it includes various elements of cultural, cognitive and countryside tourism (Richards & Wilson, 2007); however, a distinctive feature of educational tourism -the main (or secondary) priority -is learning process in a unique environment. While providing/using the services of educational tourism, the immediate interaction takes place between two interested parties: participants and organizers of education (Sie, Patterson, & Pegg, 2016). The organizers can be local communities, farmers, countryside tourism homesteads, museums, cultural centers (Sie, Patterson, & Pegg, 2016).…”

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“…While providing/using the services of educational tourism, the immediate interaction takes place between two interested parties: participants and organizers of education (Sie, Patterson, & Pegg, 2016). The organizers can be local communities, farmers, countryside tourism homesteads, museums, cultural centers (Sie, Patterson, & Pegg, 2016). Favorable conditions for the development of educational tourism exist in the rural area.…”

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Development of educational tourism in Lithuanian rural areas

Zaleckienė¹,

Turcinskaite²

2019

Research for Rural Development

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Tourism development contributes to the vitality of rural areas: it increases employment opportunities for residents, promotes the development of relations among different business entities and attractiveness of rural environment. In this article, the situation regarding the development of one type of tourism-educational tourism-in Lithuanian rural areas, factors encouraging and limiting this development have been analyzed. The research question is what are the main problems regarding the development of educational tourism in rural areas. The aim of the research is to present relevant solutions after the analysis of the problems regarding the development of educational tourism in rural areas. Theoretical research was performed while applying methods of content analysis and synthesis of scientific literature and other researches. The method of case analysis was chosen to describe the state of the development of educational tourism and to identify main problems. In total 18 cases were analyzed (18 providers of the educational tourism services in rural areas). In order to collect necessary information, methods of semi-structured interview, analysis of secondary informational resources and direct participation in researched educational programs were applied. The development of educational tourism is promoted by the factors related to the environment of manor, historical place or nature as well as professional qualification, working experience, enthusiasm and ability to be flexible about customers' needs of actors responsible for rural development. Volatility of demand regarding educational programs, lack of specialists and challenges related to cooperation were identified as problematic issues.

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Towards an understanding of older adult educational tourism through the development of a three-phase integrated framework

Cited by 39 publications

References 140 publications

Travel Motivations of Seniors: A Review and a Meta-Analytical Assessment

Travel Motivations of Seniors: A Review and a Meta-Analytical Assessment

Do people who travel more perform better at work?

Development of educational tourism in Lithuanian rural areas

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