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- Title
Social Tourism and Healthy Ageing.
- Authors
Ferrer, Jordi Garcés; Sanz, Mireia Ferri; Ferrandis, Estrella Durá; McCabe, Scott; García, Javier Sánchez
- Abstract
Recent research in social tourism notes possible links between tourism participation and improvements in health. However, there is a lack of quantitative evidence concerning the potential links between tourism participation and self-reported health amongst older people. An ageing society requires measures to promote independent living and enhance older people's quality of life. This paper provides evidence that older tourists are more active and healthy than non-tourists, from a study comparing health perceptions amongst Spanish older people. The results provide tentative conclusions of causal relationships between tourism and dimensions of physical and mental health through a Structural Equation Model. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
SOCIAL tourism; AGING; INDEPENDENT living; OLDER people; QUALITY of life
- Publication
International Journal of Tourism Research, 2016, Vol 18, Issue 4, p297
- ISSN
1099-2340
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jtr.2048