Monitoring of elderly for deriving tourism activity ability

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The population of elderly people aged 70 and over is expected to continue increasing until around the year 2048 in Japan, and this population group is considered to be important for the domestic travel market. However, the number of overnight trips of the elderly is lower than the average. The main reasons for not going on overnight trips for the entire population are economic limitations and time constraints. However, health reasons are statistically significantly higher in people aged 70 years and older. The authors are carrying out research on travel promotion by deriving tourism activity ability. We define it as the ability to enjoy sightseeing without feeling fatigue from the previous day. In this study, monthly activities of 21 Japanese people aged 65 to 81 years old were monitored. Then, the relationship between the number of steps and the walking ability was analysed. As a result, four male subjects and one female subject reached the recommended target value of daily number of steps specified by Health Japan 21 (second term). There was a statistically significant negative correlation between age and step length. However, no statistically significant correlation was observed between average daily number of steps and walking ability.