"This significant volume is the first to use primary research evidence to examine tourism, ageing, and the implications of an ageing population for the visitor economy. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book offers insights into the new opportunities, threats and challenges that this...

Tourism today: Why is it a global phenomenon embracing all our lives? -- Tourism: Its origins, growth and future -- Demand: Why do people engage in tourism? -- Transporting the tourist, I: Surface transport -- Transporting the tourist, II: The aviation sector -- Accommodation and hospitality...