[RETRACTED ARTICLE] Guidelines of Health Tourism Management for Elderly Tourists
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While Thailand is approaching an aging society, the demand and consumer behavior of elderly tourists are considered as an essential requirement for local communities, government sectors, and private sectors, acting as the host or joint-owners of tourism resources. Hence, the new alternative tourism for elderly tourists is the recent form that the tourism stakeholders must learn, understand, and adjust to apply as the tool to uplift the country’s tourism economy. The development of existing tourist attractions in communities to be a health tourism destination is a golden key to support the entry of tourists, especially the elderly group. Therefore, this academic paper aims to figure out the literature reviews on the model of health tourism to seek the feasible guidelines of health tourism management for elderly tourists. Four major issues have been reviewed, including the concept of the elderly tourists, the definition of health tourism, the model of health tourism management, and lastly, the guidelines of health tourism management for elderly tourists. With an aim to serve as a useful information for the government and related agencies, the implication of this academic paper would lead the country to have more stable, prosperous and sustainable health tourism in the forwarding future.
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