对度假和自测健康之间关系的理解一个关于老年旅游的探索性研究外文翻译.docVIP

对度假和自测健康之间关系的理解：一个关于老年旅游的探索性研究外文翻译 外文翻译 原文 Understanding the relationship between holiday taking and self-assessed health: an exploratory study of senior tourism Material Source:International Journal of Consumer Studies ISSN 1470Author:Philippa Hunter-Jones and Adele Blackburn Abstract The senior market is particularly attractive to the tourism industry. Alongside evidence of a growing propensity to travel and spend, consumption is often deliberately linked to low seasons, balancing out the peaks and valleys for tourism suppliers. Health is one variable which is particularly signi?cant to this consumer. Personal health in?uences all patterns of consumer behaviour regardless of age, although the full extent to which this models senior tourism activity is unclear. An exploratory qualitative study was undertaken in the spring of 2005, with 22 senior consumers aged 55 years plus interviewed. Utilizing the earlier work by Zimmer et al. into self-assessed health as a framework, travel propensity, the perceived effects of travel and factors inhibiting full participation were questioned. Conclusions drawn outline both a senior tourism typology and areas for future research.Notably the relationship between caregiving and tourism consumption is singled out for further investigation. Introduction According to Huang and Tsai 2003, p. 561, ‘seniors will soon be one of the largest prospective market segments for the hospitality and travel industries’, industries contributing signi?cantly to the leisure sector. Leisure is a growth sector of many modern developed societies. In the UK alone, it now accounts for a greater proportion of household spending than housing and food Roberts,2004, makes an important social, cultural and psychological contribution to individuals’ lives, and provides a means of identity in an increasingly services-dominated environment. For the senior market in particular, it has long been recognized see for instance ear