Português
Ciência-IUL
Publications
Publication Detailed Description
Captivating tourists to museums: Young versus senior museum visitors
Proceedings of the International conference on Tourism and Ageing.
Year (definitive publication)
2016
Language
English
Country
Portugal
More Information
Web of Science®
This publication is not indexed in Web of Science®
Scopus
This publication is not indexed in Scopus
Google Scholar
Abstract
Museums may act as a cognitive well-being process, where visitors may experience an enjoyable cognitive transformation. The main aim of the current study is to compare young and senior tourists in what concerns to capture and involve them to museums in Lisbon destination. The questionnaires were distributed over 2 months and a sample of 461 respondents was employed to treat and analyze data. Findings point out that young tourists are more engaged with using (interactive) panels, videos and audios as well as social interaction space than older visitors at museums. Older tourists tend to prefer to use guided tour, their own guide book and literature and even on-site online
Acknowledgements
--
Keywords
Young visitors,Older visitors,Museum engagement,Museum cognitive wellbeing
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Economics and Business - Social Sciences
Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
With the objective to increase the research activity directed towards the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the possibility of associating scientific publications with the Sustainable Development Goals is now available in Ciência-IUL. These are the Sustainable Development Goals identified by the author(s) for this publication. For more detailed information on the Sustainable Development Goals, click here.
