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Folia Geographica 2019, 61/1, pp. 68-86

MODERN SENIOR TOURISM IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUNG PEOPLE TOURIST ACTIVITY IN POLAND

Julita MARKIEWICZ-PATKOWSKA A, Sławomir PYTEL B*, Piotr OLEŚNIEWICZ C, Krzysztof WIDAWSKI D

Received: January 7, 2019 | Revised: February 16, 2019 | Accepted: March 25, 2019

Paper No. 19-61/1-522

A WSB University in Wrocław, ul. Fabryczna 29-31, Wrocław, Poland
julita.markiewicz-patkowska@wsb.wroclaw.pl

B* University of Silesia in Katowice, ul. Bankowa 12, Katowice, Poland
slawomir.pytel@us.edu.pl (corresponding author)

C University School of Physical Education in Wrocław, al. I. J. Paderewskiego 35, Wrocław, Poland
piotr.olesniewicz@awf.wroc.pl

D University of Wrocław, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, Wrocław, Poland
krzysztof.widawski@uwr.edu.pl


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Abstract
Owing to the world demographic situation, the phenomenon of senior tourism is dynamically developing. More and more retired people want to travel and get to know new places. Therefore, the paper aims to compare the tourist activity of retired people and that of mobile working age people. The results obtained in the performed analysis allow to conclude that the tourist activity of pensioners and of young people is not similar. On the basis of the analysis of the selected characteristics of tourist activity and the seniors’ age with the use of the chi-squared test, the authors pointed at the relationships occurring among these characteristics. The comparative analysis showed that the tourist expectations of the studied groups are different. The results prove that the diversity of travel concerns many problems.

Key words
Tourist activity of pensioners, senior tourism in Poland, chi-squared test

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