Leveraging Travel as a Catalyst for Healthy Aging

Travel is a powerful catalyst for healthy longevity and the top retirement dream among people around the world. Coupled together, travel redefines aging in our modern society from a state of disability and dependence to a time of adventure and enrichment.

Leveraging Travel as a Catalyst for Healthy Aging report provides a meta-analysis on the benefits of travel on people’s physical health, cognitive resilience, and social connection for healthy longevity. Beyond the individual level, travel has an untapped potential for driving business and economic growth across the travel industry, public health policy, retirement and financial services institutions, and more. Drawing on insights from a roundtable of global experts, this report also distills strategic opportunities and recommendations for various stakeholders to maximize the transformative power of travel in our aging society – and, ultimately, to integrate an age-friendly travel experience around the world.

This travel roundtable report is an extension of a 2013 travel survey, Journey to Healthy Aging: Planning for Travel in Retirement, which identified a disconnect between people’s travel dreams and financial planning.