Women’s fifty plus tourist vs. recreation trips and their financial situation Cover Image

Wyjazdy turystyczno-rekreacyjne kobiet 50+ a ich sytuacja materialna
Women’s fifty plus tourist vs. recreation trips and their financial situation

Author(s): Jan Sikora, Agnieszka Wartecka-Ważyńska
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: women fifty plus; tourist and recreational activity; financial situation;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the issue of women’s fifty plus activity during tourist and recreation trips depending on their financial situation. The selection of the examined category of women was made deliberately due to, among other things, a multiplicity of their roles, a longer life span, and a lower financial situation compared to men. The period of domestic and foreign leisure trips, the forms of recreational activity, the choice of tour operators as well as the financial burden of home budgets for tourist and recreational trips are shown. The research presents that the material situation determines the duration of domestic and foreign trips as well as the form of recreational activity realized during the stay. In the article, it was used the method of a diagnostic survey with using a survey questionnaire. The survey was conducted among the students of two Third Age universities in Poznań and the members of the Senior Club. It was also used the method of analyzing the subject literature.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 473
  • Page Range: 537-551
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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