Creating Dementia Friendly Destinations in Scotland

Research Output

• Accessible tourism is an increasingly important sector of the tourism industry.
• The ageing population represents an under-developed and lucrative market.
• Globally 46 million people live with dementia, a number expected to triple by 2050.
• Travel is still possible in the early stages of dementia and has been recognised for its improvements to quality of life and wellbeing.
• This chapter seeks to determine the levels of dementia-friendliness of destinations in Scotland, UK.

Date:

01 December 2021
Publication Status:

Published
Publisher

CABI
DOI:

10.1079/9781789242843.0003
Funders:

Edinburgh Napier Funded

http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/output/2865838 <p>Leask, A., Wardrop, K., Fyall, A., & Hansen, M. (2021). Creating Dementia Friendly Destinations in Scotland. In <i>Managing Events, Festivals and the Visitor Economy: Concepts, Collaborations and Cases</i> (17-36). Wallingford, UK: CABI. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789242843.0003</p>

Citation

Leask, A., Wardrop, K., Fyall, A., & Hansen, M. (2021). Creating Dementia Friendly Destinations in Scotland. In Managing Events, Festivals and the Visitor Economy: Concepts, Collaborations and Cases (17-36). Wallingford, UK: CABI. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789242843.0003