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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd
ISBN-13
9781845411121
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96782112
Product Key Features
Author
Malcolm Cooper, Patricia Erfurt-Cooper
Publication Name
Health and Wellness Tourism: Spas and Hot Springs
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Business
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
376 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
245mm
Item Width
174mm
Item Weight
800g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Malcolm Cooper, Patricia Erfurt-Cooper
Series Title
Aspects of Tourism
Genre
Health, Treatments & Medicine
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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