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Health-Oriented Tourists and Sustainable Domestic Tourism
Sustainability, Vol.12(12), pp.1-16
2020
Abstract
Health-oriented tourism has emerged as one of the fastest-growing niche tourism fields worldwide. Although there have been studies on the relationship between health and travel behavior, most have been from the perspective of travel motivation and have rarely examined the impact of travel on health. This study explores those travel elements that have a positive influence on health in the domestic health tourism industry, with health being viewed across three domains: psychological, physical, and social. A total of 28 health-contributing travel items reported by 862 package tour participants were analyzed. On the psychological health dimension, experiencing good feelings and escaping bad ones is important. On the physical wellness dimension, natural patterns of food intake during the day is strongly recognized, including the results of increased appetite and improved digestion. On the social health dimension, relationship improvements were experienced, along with a greater understanding of partner(s). These findings add to our understanding of traveler wellness, a significant step towards having the right information to enhance the quality of travel services, especially in the domestic health tourism industry.
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- Title
- Health-Oriented Tourists and Sustainable Domestic Tourism
- Authors
- Timothy J Lee (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research ClusterJi-Sook Han (Author) - Navi Wellness Tourism Research & DevelopmentTae-Gyou Ko (Author) - Hallym University
- Publication details
- Sustainability, Vol.12(12), pp.1-16
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.3390/su12124988
- ISSN
- 2071-1050
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99467306102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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