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Title: | Travel motivations and constraints of Portuguese retirees |
Author: | Filipe, Sandra Barbosa, Belem Santos, Claudia Amaral |
Keywords: | Tourist behaviour Tourism motivations Travel constraints Senior tourists |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Abstract: | Retirees have been growing in importance as a consumer segment targeted by the tourism industry, namely because they can minimize the typical seasonality of tourism and increase its sustainability. This study aims to contribute to a more in-depth knowledge of retirees’ behaviour and has two objectives: (i) describe tourist behaviour of seniors prior to and after retirement; (ii) identify and analyse retired consumers’ current motivations and constraints towards tourism. Qualitative research was conducted comprising interviews with 40 Portuguese retirees. The results indicate a diversity of experiences regarding tourism activities both before and after retirement, evidencing that past experience stands out as a determinant of retirees’ tourism behaviour. Moreover, three distinct segments of tourists emerge: the experts, the new tourists, and the non-tourists. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/33218 |
DOI: | 10.1080/13032917.2021.1999756 |
ISSN: | 1303-2917 |
Appears in Collections: | CLLC - Artigos ISCA-UA - Artigos GOVCOPP - Artigos |
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