What role geoparks play improving the health and well-being of senior tourists?
Geoparks
Health and well-being
Psycho-therapeutic motivation
Senior tourism
environmental and geological motivation
Journal
Heliyon
ISSN: 2405-8440
Titre abrégé: Heliyon
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101672560
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
28
07
2023
revised:
06
11
2023
accepted:
09
11
2023
medline:
30
11
2023
pubmed:
30
11
2023
entrez:
30
11
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In recent years geoparks, helped by governmental policies, have become tourist destinations especially among senior visitors. The paper aimed to analyse whether geoparks contribute to improving the health of tourists older than 65 years and what were their main motives to visit geoparks. The data were collected from 398 senior tourists who visited the Villuerca- Ibores-Jara Geopark (Spain) in 2023, presenting our results using SmartPLS version 4. The results showed that senior tourists are very interested in visiting this geopark for psychotherapeutic reasons, given its high environmental and geological interest. In addition, they consider geoparks as spaces where they can socialise, which is beneficial considering the isolation that many often experience during the year. These findings are highly relevant for public authorities to protect, maintain and promote geoparks among senior tourists.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38034737
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22295
pii: S2405-8440(23)09503-8
pmc: PMC10687063
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e22295Informations de copyright
© 2023 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
the authors declare no conflict of interest.The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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