Tourism for the elder, post-globalization, and transition: Mexico and the world, 2020–2050

Authors

  • Francisco Javier Llera Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez image/svg+xml
  • Angeles López-Nórez Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, UACJ, Ciudad Juárez, CH, México
  • Aurora Irma Máynez Guaderrama Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juárez, UACJ, Ciudad Juárez, CH, México

Keywords:

Accessible Tourism, Globalization, Population Aging

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to identify the new patterns that tourism will assume due to demographic changes to be experienced by the Mexican and other societies during the next three decades. Through a Qualitative Approach, the main source of information was obtained by comparative assessments of academic and periodical data enriched by the conduction of personal interviews with decision-makers involved in Tourism both in Mexico and in the United States. The document points out that the main factors that will undoubtedly change the tourist activity are, in addition to the process of population aging, the conditions of inequality generated by the globalization model, and the effects of the COVID -19 pandemic. The results suggest that tourism will face the challenge of reinventing itself, turning towards the local-regional and toward the elder segment of the population leaving behind the massive ingredients that tourism prioritized during the rise of the globalization model.

Author Biography

  • Francisco Javier Llera, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

    Depto. Ciencias Administrativas PROFESOR INVESTIGADOR

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2022-02-16

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How to Cite

Tourism for the elder, post-globalization, and transition: Mexico and the world, 2020–2050. Terr@ Plural, [S. l.], v. 16, p. 1–12, 2022. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/tp/article/view/17513. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2026.