Impact of tourist trips on seniors’ migrations – case study from Poland

Figures & data

Figure 1. Monthly average disposable income per capita in single retirees’ households and average gross retirement pension from non-agricultural social security system compared in PLN. Surce: Own study based on (Central Statistical Office, 2019).

Table 1. Dendrogram clusters division into groups.

Cluster	Cluster analysis	Type
I	lack of means to support oneself	family and finances
	new employment
	lowering housing costs
	necessity to leave one’s flat
	return to one’s parents’ house
	marriage
	family conflicts
II	death of a family member	family
	missing one’s family
	accompanying one’s family
	taking care after grandchildren
III	better standard of living	tourism
	better environment
	tourist attractiveness
IV	building a house	economy
	retirement
V	accessibility of services	health
	declining health

Source: own elaboration

Table 2. Responses regarding reasons for tourist migration.

Reasons for tourist migration	Definitely not	Difficult to say	Definitely yes
Improvement of living standards and quality of life	43%	9%	48%
Improvement of climate and environmental conditions	36%	7%	57%

Source: own elaboration.

Figure 2. Scheme of the process of seniors’ migration in the tourist aspect. Source: own elaboration

Central Statistical Office, Retirement and other pensions. (2019). Warsaw 2020. Retrieved from https://stat.gov.pl/files/gfx/portalinformacyjny/pl/defaultaktualnosci/5486/32/11/1/emerytury_i_renty_w_2019.pdf (Access date: 4.08.2021)

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