This paper explores the impact of demographic trends on the market for tourism and considers how the economic power of older tourists is being - or could be - harnessed to maximise the potential both for visitors and domestic populations. The paper also suggests strategies to capitalise more...

The global demographic trends are well known and well established. The numbers of older people are increasing across the world as the ageing post-war generation moves into retirement. There is also a growing body of evidence that many of the current generation of older people are keen and...

Demographic trends worldwide indicate significant increases in the number of older people in the population in the coming years. There is a close link between age and disability, and the longer people live the more likely they are to become disabled to some degree. Disability takes many forms:...

Demographic trends worldwide indicate significant increases in the number of older people in the population in the coming years. There is a close link between age and disability, and the longer people live the more likely they are to become disabled to some degree. Disability takes many forms:...

This paper explores the impact of demographic trends on the market for tourism and considers how the economic power of older tourists is being – or could be – harnessed to maximise the potential both for visitors and domestic populations. The paper also suggests strategies to capitalise more...

Demographic trends worldwide indicate significant increases in the number of older people in the population in the coming years. There is a close link between age and disability, and the longer people live the more likely they are to become disabled to some degree. Disability takes many forms:...