Mobility Patterns of the Elderly Tourist in Algarve

The present work is part of the Project for Scientific Research and Technological Development “Accessibility for All in Tourism” focuses on modal interfaces designed according to the concepts of “Universal Design” and “Age Sensitive Design”. In this project 851 surveys were carried out for elderly tourists, who arrived in Algarve (Portugal) through the international Airport of Faro, in the summer of 2018, with a view to understanding their preferences and needs in terms of mobility. It presents the characterization of the senior tourist in Algarve, according to: gender, age, academic qualification, situation in the relation to the profession, nationality, disability and/or disabilities that affects mobility and the need to use technical aids to move. It analyses and compares, from the point of view of sustainable mobility, the mobility of the elderly tourist, by gender and age group, in the country where they reside and in the Algarve region. This information is useful for local authorities and for transport operators in order to make the mobility of elderly tourists, in Algarve, more sustainable from a social, economic and environmental standpoint.