Boomers like to travel. Even with some experts say that the baby boomers are not prepared for retirement, is not saving enough, is having to work longer than expected, and many other small titles depressing, in January this year the United US Travel Association reported that the baby boomers are thirty-six percent of all tourists and eight percent of all business travelers every year. This suggests that the boomers still manage to finance their trip, even though they may not be able to finance their eventual withdrawal.
Whenever a group of baby boomers meeting, the conversation inevitably turns to travel - that has been the case in recent times, which cruise line has the best buffet, and where the best golf courses. There are also conversations on the zip line and parachuting and where to rent or purchase the latest in diving gear. When it comes to favorite pastimes journey through all Baby Boomer, is probably a cruise. They like to take the tour to the Panama Canal, the Mediterranean, Italy and Greece. Even Alaska and whale watching are popular with intrepid travelers.
Boomers seem to have only a passion for the exotic, when it comes to travel, with nearly sixty percent of all baby boomers have their passports ready and waiting so they can go at a moment notice. There are seven current trends in Boomer trips that are very popular right now:
• Eco-tourism - these green travel is for baby boomers, with a love for the environment. These trips are hiking, bird watching, nature walks, look at the waterfalls and whale watching and counting. Many baby boomers are concerned about global sustainability and the protection of the environment and endangered species. In 2020, more than 1.6 billion trips are scheduled to be held by the World Tourism Organization of the United Nations.
• Adventure Travel - this travel category is growing rapidly and is expected to continue this series of growth for the foreseeable future. Adventure travel includes parachuting, diving, cycling, skiing, hiking and diving. The feeling behind the increased activity of the baby boomers in the Travel category is that baby boomers have spent their lives watching others participating in these activities, and now they want their turn.
• Religion - Boomers travel a lot for religious reasons each year. Over 900,000 destinations with holy importance around the world visit, including the Holy Land, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Italy, France and Portugal. Almost 90% of these baby boomer travelers are Christians.
• Culinary Cruises - baby boomers do not just love cruising, they like to eat and drink while you cruise. It is a growing market that began five years ago and is now provided by many cruise companies.
• Marriage - baby boomers become married or married for the first time and enjoy doing it in exotic locations with spectacular sites.
• multi-generational or family travel - Baby boomers are not very different from other generations of grandparents love their grandchildren and enjoy traveling with them. These trips are usually arranged around the cornerstones of the family, such as a birthday, a graduation or anniversary. The difference between baby boomer grandparents of today and those of previous generations is that today the journey is more likely that both Europe and Disneyworld, because grandparents Boomers are veterans themselves travelers.
• Medical tourism - the baby boomers are more than willing to travel to find the health care they need, in particular cosmetic surgery and some surgical procedures that are more expensive in the United States, such as organ transplantation.
Baby Boomer travel is an important part of the United States and the international travel industry and, as more and more baby boomers retire from their professional life, this number will continue to grow.
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