Selected conditions of the senior tourism functioning on the example of Lower Silesia
Selected conditions of the senior tourism functioning on the example of Lower Silesia

Summary/Abstract: The article presents selected conditions of the senior tourism on the basis of a study carried out among a group of Wroclaw seniors. The theoretical introduction defines key tourism functions, with particular emphasis on the educational, cognitive, and social ones. Both the senior group and senior tourism were defined in the context of their participants, motivations, needs, season, etc. The empirical part presents the group of seniors who underwent the tests. The majority of participants were aged 60–79 years. The authors indicated the preferred forms of tourist recreation, and characterized the main motivations, stressing the influence of the professional suggestion of the doctors, ways of traveling, length of the journey itself, and major goals. Attention was drawn to the economic situation of seniors and their personal judgment about the influence of the recreational activity on their health conditions.

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