Exploring and analyzing the Thematic network of senior tourism obstacles

Today, tourism is considered one of the inalienable rights of citizens. The spread of this discourse has led to extensive efforts by planners, policy makers and executives in the field of tourism and social welfare in order to benefit from this right. Despite these efforts, there is still significant obstacles and issues facing certain groups of society. The elderly is one of the population groups that face serious challenges and obstacles despite the need to have an optimal travel experience. With the aim of removing these obstacles and realizing the total available tourism, it is necessary to take precise steps in the form of policy. The correct policy to remove the obstacles depends on their accurate identification; For this purpose, in this research, an attempt has been made to examine and analyze the barriers of senior tourism (silver tourism) by relying on the qualitative method and the semi-structured interview tool. The data was analyzed thematically and the software used for analysis was Atlas Ti. According to the findings of the research, the obstacles of tourism for the elderly are organized in the form of individual, economic, managerial and structural categories.