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Elderly and heritage tourism: a review

The increment of the ageing population across the globe shows a rapid social change of the generations. The phenomenon that was utterly debated in the past four decades surrounding developed Western countries are now expanding the horizon of concern to developing countries too. However, an extensive...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Isa, Sulaiha, Ismail, Hairul Nizam, Mohd. Fuza, Zatul Iffah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2020
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G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89982/1/SulaihaMohdIsa2020_ElderlyandHeritageTourismaReview.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89982/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/447/1/012038
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spelling my.utm.899822021-03-31T06:32:14Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89982/ Elderly and heritage tourism: a review Mohd. Isa, Sulaiha Ismail, Hairul Nizam Mohd. Fuza, Zatul Iffah G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism The increment of the ageing population across the globe shows a rapid social change of the generations. The phenomenon that was utterly debated in the past four decades surrounding developed Western countries are now expanding the horizon of concern to developing countries too. However, an extensive review of literature identified that there exists a lack of appeal towards the elderly in heritage tourism of developing countries though they have sufficient disposable income and greater commitment compared to the past. Hence, the objectives of this review paper are to identify the elderly's characteristic and underpin the importance of heritage tourism. Review works of literature were identified through multiple sources including range of tourism databases obtained from the wide sources available in open access journals and Google Scholar (high impact journals and published books) along with tracking citations from the research literature. Result highlights socializing, health wellbeing and cosmopolitan experience as three main characteristics of the elderly while two main importance of heritage tourism are economic and social significance. Hence, a new direction towards fulfilling the needs of this market need to be considered due to noteworthy opportunities for wider visitor economy and eventually ensuring towards heritage tourism sustainability. 2020-03-03 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89982/1/SulaihaMohdIsa2020_ElderlyandHeritageTourismaReview.pdf Mohd. Isa, Sulaiha and Ismail, Hairul Nizam and Mohd. Fuza, Zatul Iffah (2020) Elderly and heritage tourism: a review. In: 1st International Conference on Planning towards Sustainability, ICoPS 2019, 6 November 2019 - 7 November 2019, Surakarta, Indonesia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/447/1/012038
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topic G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism
spellingShingle G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism
Mohd. Isa, Sulaiha
Ismail, Hairul Nizam
Mohd. Fuza, Zatul Iffah
Elderly and heritage tourism: a review
description The increment of the ageing population across the globe shows a rapid social change of the generations. The phenomenon that was utterly debated in the past four decades surrounding developed Western countries are now expanding the horizon of concern to developing countries too. However, an extensive review of literature identified that there exists a lack of appeal towards the elderly in heritage tourism of developing countries though they have sufficient disposable income and greater commitment compared to the past. Hence, the objectives of this review paper are to identify the elderly's characteristic and underpin the importance of heritage tourism. Review works of literature were identified through multiple sources including range of tourism databases obtained from the wide sources available in open access journals and Google Scholar (high impact journals and published books) along with tracking citations from the research literature. Result highlights socializing, health wellbeing and cosmopolitan experience as three main characteristics of the elderly while two main importance of heritage tourism are economic and social significance. Hence, a new direction towards fulfilling the needs of this market need to be considered due to noteworthy opportunities for wider visitor economy and eventually ensuring towards heritage tourism sustainability.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohd. Isa, Sulaiha
Ismail, Hairul Nizam
Mohd. Fuza, Zatul Iffah
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Ismail, Hairul Nizam
Mohd. Fuza, Zatul Iffah
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title Elderly and heritage tourism: a review
title_short Elderly and heritage tourism: a review
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title_full_unstemmed Elderly and heritage tourism: a review
title_sort elderly and heritage tourism: a review
publishDate 2020
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/447/1/012038
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