Understanding the Value of Tourism to Seniors’ Health and Positive Aging

Guanghui Qiao, Liu Ding, Keheng Xiang, Bruce Prideaux and Jinyi Xu
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Guanghui Qiao: Zheshang Research Institute, School of Tourism and Urban-Rural Planning, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Liu Ding: Zheshang Research Institute, School of Tourism and Urban-Rural Planning, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Keheng Xiang: School of Commerce and Trade, Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics, Hangzhou 310018, China
Bruce Prideaux: School of Business, Central Queensland University, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia
Jinyi Xu: Zheshang Research Institute, School of Tourism and Urban-Rural Planning, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: The value of tourism has been included in studies of active aging, and the existing public health implications of the physical and mental health effects of tourism among seniors are recognized as important issues. This study uses a mixed methods research approach to explore the effects of tourism value on the health and mortality risk of older adults, referred to in this paper as seniors. Survival analysis and cohort analysis are combined with the narrative analysis of in-depth interviews with eight convenience-sampled seniors to construct a narrative framework of seniors’ active aging tourism and its intrinsic drivers. The study found that the intrinsic framework of active aging tourism values for seniors has a three-stage continuum, an interaction, and orientation characteristics. There are six intrinsic key value drivers of tourism value and public health for seniors. In addition, this study identifies the personal characteristics and strengths of seniors as important influences on tourism value practices for active aging and public health. This study provides a positive psychological and behavioral research direction for existing research on the value of tourism in active aging. It provides an empirical basis for exploring the intrinsic mechanisms of tourism and public health.

Keywords: active aging; tourism value; seniors; survival analysis; narrative analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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