Health and Wellness Tourism

Spas and Hot Springs
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84541-111-4
Verlag: Channel View Publications

Buch, Englisch, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 670 g

Geothermal springs constitute a major tourism resource, providing spectacular settings, recreation facilities, a recognised value in treatments beneficial for health and wellness, a sense of heritage and adventure, and links with the natural environment. Health and wellness tourism accounts for a significant proportion of the world’s tourism consumption, with components ranging from hot spring bathing for leisure and recreation, through mineral water use in health treatments under the supervision of highly specialised medical professionals, to water treatments in the wellness and beauty therapy sector and the use of mineral water for drinking purposes. This makes it an economically and socially important area of tourism demanding in-depth analysis. This book explores health and wellness tourism from a range of perspectives including usage, heritage, management, technology, environmental and cultural features, and marketing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Erfurt-Cooper, Patricia

Cooper, Malcolm

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: The Development of the Health and Wellness Spa Industry

2 The Health and Wellness Concept: A Global Overview

3 The Use of Natural Hot and Mineral Springs throughout History

4 The Cultural and Religious Use of Water

5 The Geological Background of Natural Hot and Mineral Springs

6 The Health and Wellness Spa Tourism Industry Environment

7 The Technology and Economics of Health and Wellness Spa Tourism

8 Aspects of Management and Marketing in Health and Wellness Spa Tourism

9 Case Studies from the Contemporary World

10 Conclusions: Retrospect, Challenges and the Future

Über Autor(innen)

Erfurt-Cooper, Patricia
Patricia Erfurt-Cooper lectures in tourism resource management at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. Her research interests include geothermal resources for human use and geotourism in volcanic and geothermal environments with a focus on risk management.

Cooper, Malcolm
Malcolm Cooper was born in Wellington, New Zealand. Since 2003 he has lived in Beppu, Japan, working at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and Nagasaki University. He was the inaugural Vice President for International Relations and Research at APU (2005-2012), and taught a range of tourism and hospitality management and business management subjects. Previously, he taught at and managed Universities in Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom. He has also worked in the city planning and tourism policy areas for Federal, State and Local Governments in Australia and New Zealand. At other times he has been a private planning consultant and a tourism education consultant to the Governments of Dubai, Sri Lanka, China and Vietnam. He is a recipient of the Australian Centennial Medal, a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia, and has published over 200 books and papers, specializing in tourism development, health & wellness tourism, medical tourism, events management, and environmental impact.

Patricia Erfurt-Cooper lectures in tourism resource management at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. Her research interests include geothermal resources for human use and geotourism in volcanic and geothermal environments with a focus on risk management.

Malcolm Cooper is Vice President (Research) at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan and lectures in tourism law and tourism development and planning. His research interests include tourism development and planning, sustainable development and management of environmental resources.