Handbook On Tourism Public Health And Wellbeing

Author : Robin Nunkoo
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800378300
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Tourism, Public Health and Wellbeing written by Robin Nunkoo and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time of rapid change for travel-related health interventions, this timely Handbook offers critical insights into the interrelationship between tourism, public health, and the wellbeing of local communities and tourists. Written with a global audience in mind, it features cutting-edge interdisciplinary research conducted by leading academics in tourism, public health, wellbeing, and social welfare.

Author : Melanie Kay Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317437500
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism written by Melanie Kay Smith and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge overview of the philosophical, conceptual and managerial issues in the field of health tourism with contributions from more than 30 expert academics and practitioners from around the world. Terms that are used frequently when defining health tourism, such as wellbeing, wellness, holistic, medical and spiritual, are analysed and explored, as is the role that health and health tourism play in quality-of-life enhancement, wellbeing, life satisfaction and happiness. An overview is provided of health tourism facilities such as thermal waters, spas, retreats and wellness hotels and the various challenges inherent in managing these profitably and sustainably. Typologies are given not only of subsectors of health tourism and related activities but also of destinations, such as natural landscapes, historic townscapes or individual resources or attractions around which whole infrastructures have been developed. Attention is paid to some of the lifestyle changes that are taking place in societies which influence consumer behaviour, motivations and demand for health tourism, including government policies, regulations and ethical considerations. This significant volume offers the reader a comprehensive synthesis of this field, conveying the latest thinking and research. The text is international in focus, encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and areas of study and will be an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in health tourism.

Author : Cornelia Voigt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136162127
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wellness Tourism written by Cornelia Voigt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Core values of society, health and wellbeing impact today on all aspects of our lives, and have also increasingly influenced patterns of tourism consumption and production. In this context wellness has developed into a significant dimension of tourism in a number of new and long established destinations. However, although it is consistently referred to as one of the most rapidly growing forms of tourism worldwide there still remains a dearth of academic literature on this topic. This book uniquely focuses on the supply side of wellness tourism from a destination perspective in terms of the generation and delivery of products and services for tourists who seek to maintain and improve their health. This approach provides a better understanding of how wellness tourism destinations develop and explores the specific drivers of that growth in a destination context and how destinations successfully compete against each other in globalised market place. A range of wellness destination development and management issues are examined including the importance of authenticity, an appropriate policy framework, delivery of high quality goods and services, participation of a broad range of stakeholders and the development of networks and clusters as well as collaborative strategies essential for a successful development and management of a wellness tourism destination. International case studies and examples from established and new wellness tourism destinations are integrated throughout. This timely volume written by leaders in this sector will be of interest to tourism and hospitality students and academics internationally.

Author : Irving Stackpole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578851280
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marketing Handbook for Health Tourism written by Irving Stackpole and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Iride Azara
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1786391317
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism, Health, Wellbeing and Protected Areas written by Iride Azara and published by CABI. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around the world, there is mounting evidence that parks and protected areas contribute to a healthy civil society, thus increasing the economic importance of cultural and nature-based tourism. Operating at the intersection of business and the environment, tourism can improve human health and wellbeing as well as serve as a catalyst for increasing appreciation and stewardship of the natural world. While the revenues from nature-based activities help to make the case for investing in park and protected area management; the impacts they have need to be carefully managed, so that visitors do not destroy the natural wonders that attracted them to a destination in the first place. This book features contributions from tourism and recreation researchers and practitioners exploring the relationship between tourism, hospitality, protected areas, livelihoods and both physical and emotional human wellbeing. The book includes sections focused on theory, policy and practice, and case studies, to inform and guide industry decisions to address real-world problems and proactively plan for a sustainable and healthy future.

Author : Melanie K. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0750683430
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Health and Wellness Tourism written by Melanie K. Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and Wellness Tourism takes an innovative look at this rapidly growing sector of today¿s thriving tourism industry. This book examines the range of motivations that drive this diverse sector of tourists, the products that are being developed to meet their needs and the management implications of these developments. A wide range of international case studies illustrate the multiple aspects of the industry and new and emerging trends including spas, medical wellness, life-coaching, meditation, festivals, pilgrimage and yoga retreats. The authors also evaluate marketing and promotional strategies and assess operational and management issues in the context of health and wellness tourism. This text includes a number of features to reinforce theory for advanced students of hospitality, leisure and tourism and related disciplines.

Author : Jeff Wilks
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811654158
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal written by Jeff Wilks and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the face of international and domestic tourism and sharply focused attention on the importance of tourist health, safety and wellbeing like never before. This book offers a unique perspective on the challenges facing the world’s largest service industry to protect and care for customers in a rapidly evolving environment where borders have closed, social distancing rules apply and personal hygiene has become a key focus in everyday life. Yet tourism is a very resilient industry and history shows there is always an immediate surge toward recovery after a crisis has passed. Humans want to travel and see the world. While we appreciate that the pandemic is far from over, already there are reports of pent-up demand for travel as restrictions ease at some destinations and borders begin to open. As we move hopefully toward the recovery phase and people begin to move around for business and pleasure, this book presents the reader with key information and insights in both traditional and emerging areas of tourist health, safety and wellbeing, recognising that the world is now shaped by this pandemic, bringing change, potentially enduring benefits and lasting legacies.

Author : Iride Azara
Publisher : Cabi
ISBN 13 : 9781786391322
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism, Health, Wellbeing and Protected Areas written by Iride Azara and published by Cabi. This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: tourism, health and wellbeing and protected environments -- The European protected areas approach to organizing ecotourism : a study of benchmark protected areas -- Tourism, wellbeing and cultural ecosystem services : a case study of Orség National Park, Hungary -- Sustainable tourism in natural protected areas : the points of view of hosts and guests in Sila National Park -- Wellness tourism as a complementary activity in saltpans regeneration -- A model for developing evidence-based health tourism : the case of alpine health region Salzburg, Austria -- Participatory location-based learning and ICT as tools to increase international reputation of a wellbeing destination in rural areas: a case study -- Exploring how medical voluntourism contributes to health and wellbeing in Haiti -- The interrelationship between place symbolism, memory and voluntary income schemes (VIS) : the "stick up for Stanage" campaign -- The visitor : connecting health, wellbeing and the natural environment -- Reinventing coastal health tourism through lifestyle sports : the complexities of kiteboarding in practice -- Revitalizing rural communities in Costa Rica through sustainable tourism -- Experiencing a watersports holiday as part of a rehabilitation trajectory : identifying the salutogenic mechanisms -- The potential role of public aquariain human health and well-being -- Health effects of recreation vehicle noise : laboratory evidence for mood and heartrate -- A dynamic view of visitors : the impact of others on recreation and restorative nature experiences -- Concluding remarks

Author : Maria K. Todd
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439813140
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Medical Tourism Program Development written by Maria K. Todd and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explaining how to develop a patient-centered medical tourism program, the Handbook of Medical Tourism Development is the ideal guide for any hospital, clinic, hotel, spa, or ancillary facility wishing to become a medical tourism provider. From high-cost surgery, transplants, diagnostics, and preventive wellness checkups, to medical and wellness spa retreats, patient follow up, and outcomes measurement, this book covers the gamut of related issues. Details the elements necessary for a successful system Addresses contracting issues likely to arise Includes access to additional resources on the book’s website Maria K. Todd prepares readers to build the medical tourism service line, integrate physicians and other service providers, develop a safe and effective quality and patient-centered infrastructure, document processes and workflows, determine pricing, evaluate reimbursement contracts, and measure outcomes. She offers useful nuts-and-bolts guidance on confidentiality, documentation, quality and safety, hospital accreditation schemes, revenue implications, and contracting. Sharing time-tested insights, the book will help readers avoid common pitfalls when working with U.S. and international health insurance companies, case managers, professional facilitators, and multinational employers. Read a recent a href="http://www.prlog.org/11757451-medical-tourism-expert-breaks-down-step-by-step-medical-tourism-program-development-for-providers.html " press release about the Handbook of Medical Tourism Program Development: http://www.prlog.org/11757451-medical-tourism-expert-breaks-down-step-by-step-medical-tourism-program-development-for-providers.html

Author : Stephanie Watson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598845411
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medical Tourism written by Stephanie Watson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From exotic spa treatments to euthanasia, this book examines the background and social context of medical tourism—the practice of traveling for health care. This work also documents how this industry is reshaping the face of medicine worldwide for individuals, local communities, and national health care systems. Medical Tourism: A Reference Handbook provides an accessible overview of the state of medical tourism, written from a balanced, unbiased perspective. The authors provide relevant social context for this controversial topic, discussing the state of extremely limited research data on medical tourism; the ethical issues involved, such as traveling to have a black-market organ transplanted; and the significant impact of medical tourism on health care systems—that of the United States, and those of the destination countries. The book highlights many contemporary problems, controversies, and implications of medical tourism both for individuals and health care systems, and presents thought-provoking potential solutions. The topic of medical tourism is also addressed against the backdrop of current healthcare reforms in the United States. Readers can reference a wealth of additional material on medical tourism, ranging from original documents to extensive directories of selected organizations and resources.