1. Development of the Tourism Sector in Lithuania: a Focus on the 50+ Sector
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Gabriele Vilutyte and Dainora Grundey
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Economics and Econometrics ,Population ageing ,Economic growth ,Australija (Australia) ,lcsh:International relations ,Aging society ,Lithuanian ,language.human_language ,Tourism market ,Italija (Italy) ,Lietuva (Lithuania) ,Economy ,Political science ,Political Science and International Relations ,language ,Japonija (Japan) ,SWOT analysis ,Developed country ,lcsh:JZ2-6530 ,Tourism - Abstract
With the looming fact of aging population, market for seniors must use adapta- tion strategies to off er products and services. Th e tourism market is not an exception in Lithuania. Th e paper aims at disclosing the SWOT analysis for potential seniors' tourism development in Lithuania. Th e authors defi ne the following tasks for research following the research logic: 1) to present the growing tendency of aging society, tak- ing the example of most developed countries, such the USA, Australia, the UK, Italy, Germany and Japan; 2) to defi ne the senior traveller and his/her major types and main characteristics; 3) to outline the criteria with the SWOT analysis tool for the major internal and external developments of the 50+ market in Lithuanian tourism.
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- 2012
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