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L'influence du vieillissement sur les pratiques touristiques en France

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  • Pascal Pochet

    (LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Bernard Scheou

    (LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IUP MTH - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia)

Abstract

Effects of the Population Ageing on Tourism Patterns in France. - Ageing of the population, change in lifestyles of the elderly citizens, the tourism operators will be strongly affected by these long term socio-demographic evolutions. Retired persons already represent a large part of the clientele in the tourism sector. This group shows profound social change : growing life expectancy, improvement in health and standard of living, cohorts with an increasing participation in the consumption and leisure world, but also cohorts that will experience uncertainty as far as financing of retirement pensions is concerned and that could face problems of mobility over 75 or 80. What are the recent trends in matter of senior tourism, and how could it change during the next years? We present statistical data in order to highlight these topics. On much major points, tourism patterns of the elderly are getting closer to those of the younger adults, because of generation effects. The arrival at the retirement age of the « baby-boomers » cohorts will certainly imply new change in tourism demand of the elderly, especially a growing autonomy in tourism and travel, and a larger and larger diversity in the nature of holidays stays.

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  • Pascal Pochet & Bernard Scheou, 2003. "L'influence du vieillissement sur les pratiques touristiques en France," Post-Print halshs-00068913, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00068913
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