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Health Perception, Travel Concerns, and Senior Tourist Satisfaction

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Based on a sample of tourists who visited the Azores (n = 697, ages 55 - 94), it was intended to understand the concerns about the trip; to analyze health perception in relation to satisfaction with travel and satisfaction with life. A Senior Tourism Questionnaire and the Life Satisfaction Scale were applied. The application of non-parametric tests that: (i) the location of accommodation differs according to sex; (ii) the flight duration, location of accommodation, medical care and mobility conditions vary according to age; (iii) the difficulty with language, cultural differences, medical care, travel prices and mobility conditions change according to the perception of health status; (iv) the destination security, comfortable accommodation, food supply, cultural differences, mobility conditions and hospitality of the residents change according to the satisfaction with life; (v) the satisfaction with the trip varies according to the satisfaction with life and the perception of health status.

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Acknowledgments

This study was carried out within the framework of the University of the Azores research project «TuSénior 55+ - Senior Tourism and Wellness in the Azores Destination: Creating a Cultural Product» funded by the PO2020 Azores program and the Azores Regional Government, with reference ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-00002 Senior 55+.

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  1. Universidade dos Açores, IPCDSH da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Teresa Medeiros

  2. CICS.UAc/CICS, NOVA.UAc, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

    Osvaldo Silva & Licínio Tomás

  3. Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

    Sheila Furtado

  4. CEEAplA, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

    Ana Moniz

  5. GBA/cE3c, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

    Virgílio Vieira

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Medeiros, T., Silva, O., Furtado, S., Moniz, A., Vieira, V., Tomás, L. (2020). Health Perception, Travel Concerns, and Senior Tourist Satisfaction. In: Rocha, Á., Abreu, A., de Carvalho, J., Liberato, D., González, E., Liberato, P. (eds) Advances in Tourism, Technology and Smart Systems. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 171. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2024-2_36

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