Wellness tourism : a destination perspective / edited by Cornelia Voigt and Christof Pforr.

Other author Voigt, Cornelia, editor, author.
Other author Pforr, Christof, editor, author.
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Copyright Date©2014
Description1 online resource (xxii, 316 pages) : illustrations.
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
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SeriesRoutledge advances in tourism ; 33
Routledge advances in tourism ; 33. ^A472629
Contents Introduction -- Role of stakeholders in wellness tourism destinations -- Relationships between nature, wellbeing and destinations -- Drivers of wellness tourism development : international experiences -- Conclusion.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Wellness tourism 9780415644679
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