Impacts of Ageing Tourists on Tourism Development

Ageing population is evident in most developed countries (generating markets for tourism) with an expectation of the trend extending to other countries over the medium term (UNWTO, 2010), tourists needs as well as their motivation to travel and decision making process are going to change. This research paper seeks to examine the impacts ageing population of tourists’ is going to have on the tourism industry in developing economies with Ghana been used as a case study.