Wellness Flashcards
Definition of Wellness Tourism?
The Global Wellness Institute 2018: defines wellness tourism as travel that is associated with the maintaining or enhancing ones personal health and well-being.
Different Types of Wellness Tourism?
Smith & Puczko 2008 constructed the Spectrum of Health and Wellness Tourism. This splits each type into a category, for example, physical healing is medical spas, beauty treatments is cosmetic surgery trips and Life/Work balance is occupational Wellness Workshops and many more.
What is occupational wellness?
Employee well-being and occupational wellness is a part of wellness tourism on the rise that includes employers spending money on workshops, services and activities aimed to improve their employees well being.
Issues with Wellness Tourism?
Medical Health Tourism Management, Ethical Issues, Accreditation and Certification, Best Practices in Baths and Spas.
Clerici et al. 2023 however state…
the the pandemic has had unquestionable impacts on the tourism industry. And that Wellness tourism is set to drive the industry and its recovery.
Medina-Munoz 2013 wrote an article about…
how coastal tourism can merge with wellness to boost a destinations competitiveness. They talk about how Gran Canaria’s therapeutic landscape can diversify and offer wellness products. However, implications they find is that excessive tourism may negate the wellness aspects.
Future of Wellness?
Pace of Life Acceleration: we have greater workloads, we work more, more day-to-day pressures such as cost of living crisis.
Ageing Population: we live longer, work longer and are having less babies. Therefore, wellness tourism will be a big provider to people looking for stress reduction, mental health and cosmetic treatments.
