This study provides initial empirical evidence to understand senior Chinese tourists' perceived constraints and negotiation strategies in their participation in outbound travel. Language barriers, lack of suitable travel agencies and services, and absence of standard pre-travel health examination...

This study was designed to investigate factors associated with Mainland China's senior overseas travel motivations and the role in explaining preferences, sociodemographic and travel features. The study was conducted with 496 seniors. The statistical analyses included factor analysis, cluster...

Learned helplessness is an important psychological construct that may influence senior tourists' subjective wellbeing while travelling. Employing a mixed-method approach and a multi-sample design, this study examines how Chinese senior outbound tourists' perceived travel constraints and negotiation ...

This study (premised on inductive approaches) examines Chinese tourists' souvenir shopping experiences in North Korea, a unique destination by reason of its strict controls over tourism, where even a self-drive tourist must have a North Korean guide in the car accompanying the driver and...

Purpose: As the Chinese outbound travel market has become a paramount target for world tourism with significant growth potential, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact that the Chinese outbound travel market has on the European tourism industry. Design/methodology/approach: The paper...

This research was conducted in golf resorts, questioning tourists living in Portugal. Principal component analysis highlighted determinants of quality of life (QOL) of senior residential tourists. An ordered probit model evaluated what matters most to seniors seeking to achieve their desired level...

This research aims (1) to study the resources of tourism of the area and the cultural capital for elevating the area of Tha Kha community; (2) to study activities of tourism at Tha Kha community that suits the behavior of Thai and foreign elderly tourists and (3) to offer a pattern of slow tourism...

The main aim of this article was to define the activity level of senior foreigners who visited the Podkarpackie Province during summer and autumn of 2012. The research was conducted within the international project TOURage - Developing Senior Tourism in Remote Regions, which included twelve...

Despite the importance of the seniors market, little is known about international senior tourists' post-purchasing behaviors in the airport-shopping industry. The aims of this study were to attain a better comprehension of these customers' repurchase decision formation by employing a Theory of...

This research aims to (1) study the tourism behavior of senior tourists at Tha Kha Community, (2) study the appropriate tourism industry marketing factors for senior tourists at Tha Kha Community, and (3) study the guideline for slow tourism management for senior tourists at Tha Kha Community. The...