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" Health and wellness tourism / "
Melanie Smith, László Puczkó.
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BL
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1014610
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b768980
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Smith, Melanie K.
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Health and wellness tourism /\ Melanie Smith, László Puczkó.
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Amsterdam ;Boston :: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,, ©2009.
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xv, 400 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0750683430
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: 9780750683432
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-392) and index.
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pt. 1. History, definitions, and scope -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical overview -- 3. Contemporary definitions -- 4. Leisure, lifestyle, and tourism -- 5. Typologies of health and wellness tourism -- 6. international and regional analysis -- pt. 2. Managing and marketing health and wellness tourism -- 7. Demand, motivations, and profiles -- 8. Planning and development -- 9. Managing destinations and sites -- 10. Reaching customers -- 11. Product development -- 12. Conclusions: The future of health and wellness tourism -- pt. 3. Operational and management issues -- 1. Heritage of spa and health tourism in Russia / I. Petroune and E. Yachina -- 2. Health Spa Resort Rogaska Slatina returning to its past glory / S. Lebe -- 3. Regeneration of an historic spa town: A case study of spa in Belgium / M. Smith -- 4. Vidago and Pedras Salgadas spas, the revival of a tourism attraction or a marketing technique for beverages? / V. Joukes -- 5. Luigiane thermal baths: A tool for deseasonalization of the tourist demand in Calabria (Italy) / S. Ferrari -- 6. Hotel Herttua -- Spa and rehabilitation centre in Eastern Finland / A. Tuohino and H. Kangas -- 7. Sao Pedro do Sul thermal centre: Between health and wellness tourism / N. Gustavo -- 8. Case 'Healing Hills and Wellness in Luxury' / I. Castermans-Godfried -- 9. Peninsula Hot Springs: A new spa tourism experience 'Down Under' / F. Laing -- 10. Using wellness elements for branding an exclusive image of tourism sites in the north of Israel / A. Gelbman -- 11. Ayurvedic health tourism in Kerala, India / K. Hannam -- 12. Hot springs in Japanese domestic and international tourism / T. Ratz -- 13. CHI Spa at The Shangri-La's, Sabah, Malaysia: Its philosophy and management concept -- 'journey of experiences' / J. Chan -- 14. Case study: The Big Chill festival, England, United Kingdom / C. Laws -- 15. growing Yoga community in the Netherlands: How Yoga is becoming a lifestyle product including tourism activities / R. Gerritsma -- 16. Medical tourism in India: A case study of Apollo Hospitals / B. George -- 17. use of spas by meetings participants: The case of the United States / R. Davidson.
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"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."--Jacket.
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Medical tourism-- Economic aspects.
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Medical tourism.
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Tourists-- Health and hygiene.
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Travel-- Health aspects.
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Gesundheit.
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Medical tourism.
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Medizintourismus
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Tourismus.
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Travel-- Health aspects.
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Turism-- hälsa.
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Wellnesstourismus
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Welt.
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Medizintourismus.
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Wellnesstourismus.
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Travel.
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Health Resorts.
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Marketing of Health Services.
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338.473621
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RA793.5.S65 2008
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2009 A-951
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W 10S655h 2009
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F590.7clc
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QQ 910rvk
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Puczkó, László.
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