TY  - CHAP
AB  - Identifying future tourism demand is a critical aspect for tourism decision-makers to ensure the long-term success of products, services and destinations. This paper discusses how population change, an important driver of tourism demand, may impact future demand patterns. It discusses potential impacts of projected demographic change, especially those resulting from the related aspects of population ageing and changing family structures. A case study amongst Baby Boomers and Generation Y on the Gold Coast, Australia, illustrates how demand patterns may develop over the next 15 years. The study incorporates different population scenarios as projected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and shows a great diversity of demand amongst both generations. It is suggested that scenarios be used to analyse potential impacts of other determinants to obtain a better understanding of future tourism demand, thus expanding the scope of traditional forecasting methods.
VL  - 4
SN  - 978-0-7623-1489-8, 978-1-84950-524-6/1745-3542
DO  - 10.1016/S1745-3542(08)00009-X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1745-3542(08)00009-X
AU  - Glover Petra
AU  - Prideaux Bruce
ED  - Joseph S. Chen
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Using population projections to identify aspects of future tourism demand
T2  - Advances in Hospitality and Leisure
T3  - Advances in Hospitality and Leisure
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 185
EP  - 209
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -