We examined the relationship between age, race and residential location with respect to
four issues salient to public park agencies,(a) citizens' perceived need for additional park …

One of the ongoing issues in sport tourism research has been how to define and classify
different types of sport tourism. The debate has generally centred on the dual concepts of …

The purpose of this study was to profile the travel preferences of the “Silent Generation” and
to analyze whether this cohort could be segmented into specific types of travelers based on …

This study was designed to examine changes over time in older cohorts? preferences for
pleasure travel. Cohorts rather than multiple age groups were employed in an effort to …

The purpose of this study was to introduce Palmore's (1978) method of cohort analysis and
illustrate its potential application to tourism forecasting. Results suggested that (a) older …

Recently, much attention has been given to participation in high risk sport and recreation
activities. Psychologists attribute participation to innate personality traits and sociologists …

This chapter determines whether Generation Y is responsible for increased nature-based
travel in North America. A survey was conducted on 20 000 households but for the purpose …

The main purposes of this study were, first, to explore trends in the propensity to take holiday
trips abroad in 12 EU countries by comparing data for 1985 and 1997 and, second, to find …

One of the many challenges facing the American tourism industry in the 21 st century is rapid
changes in the demographic characteristics of the US population. The latest 2000 Census …

Promoting environmentally responsible behaviours (ERB) in ecotourism destinations such
as marine park islands has become an important strategy because of growing concern on …