Comparing the motivations behind wellness tourism in three source markets

Bočkus, Daumantas; Vento, Elli; Tammi, Timo; Komppula, Raija; Kolesnikova, Natalia

doi:10.54055/ejtr.v33i.2786

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“…Hence, in the second and third stages of the study, the focus was centred on the consumers from different cultural background (see Bočkus, Vento, Tammi, Komppula, & Kolesnikova, 2023). To gather data, an online panel service was employed to distribute a self-administered questionnaire, which garnered a total of 1562 responses from wellness tourists in Finland, Lithuania, and the St. Petersburg area of Russia.…”

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Cross-national analysis of wellness tourism concepts, tourists’ motivations and service preferences

Bockus

2023

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Cross-national analysis of wellness tourism concepts, tourists’ motivations and service preferences

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“…Its theoretical basis mainly covers modern health science, welfare economics, tourism sociology, and population geography and other subject knowledge. The research content mainly focuses on the conceptual connotation of health and wellness tourism (Lyulicheva et al, 2023), the health and wellness functions of health and wellness tourism (Sthapit et al, 2023), the dynamic mechanism of health and wellness tourism (Bočkus et al, 2023), the innovative development of health and wellness tourism, and the classification and evaluation of health and wellness tourism resources (Phuthong et al, 2023), spatial flow characteristics of health and wellness tourists (Zhou et al, 2023;Perschke et al, 2023) and other aspects. In aggregate, the extant body of scholarly inquiry pertaining to wellness tourism is notably copious.…”

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Research on Tourist Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention in Ecological Health Tourism Activities in Bama, Guangxi Based on Structural Equation Model

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2024

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This study endeavors to delve into the intricacies of tourist contentment and proclivities in the realm of ecological health tourism activities within Bama, Guangxi. An exploration of the intricate structural relationships is undertaken, unraveling the quintet of variables encompassing tourists' engagement in Bama's ecological health tourism - namely, the effects of activities, the experiential facet of activities, the pecuniary dimension of activities, coupled with tourist satisfaction and behavioral intent. Employing the methodological framework of constructing a structural equation model, this study leverages IBM SPSS 23.0 software to execute correlation analyses across various variables, including demographic information statistics, reliability and validity metrics. Survey research orbits around the quintet of variables. The findings illuminate that the experiential tapestry woven by tourists partaking in ecological health tourism activities exerts a conspicuously affirmative influence on both their satisfaction and behavioral intentions. Conversely, the financial investment made by tourists in ecologi cal health tourism activities manifests a counteractive impact on their satisfaction and behavioral intentions. Evidently, heightened tourist activity experiences and diminished costs conduce to the facilitation of tourists' aspirations for individualistic tourism activities, thereby enhancing travel satisfaction and behavioral intent. Nevertheless, the potency of tourists' activity effe cts on tourist satisfaction remains suboptimal. Consequently, it is proffered that the propagation of health care paradigms be fortified, coupled with the augmentation of activity experience design. Further, the optimization of cost structures and the enhancement of resource utilization efficiency are recommended, alongside ameliorating activity effects and steering behavioral intent. This comprehensive approach is anticipated to immerse tourists more profoundly into the local ethos of longevity culture, thereby fostering the robust and sustainable evolution of longevity tourism in Bama.

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“…As Lohmann & Danielson (2004: 76) refer, senior tourism is a dynamic market, where the characteristics and consumption patterns of individuals vary over time and are different today and tend to be different in the coming decades. Regarding the motivational factors for the search for wellness tourism products, Bočkus Vento, Tammi, Komppula, and Kolesnikova (2023) point to the existence of six motivational factors: status, beauty and appearance, personal development, nature and outdoor activities, socialization, and rest and relaxation (being the main factor, regardless of the nationality of the tourists).…”

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Wellness tourism in an active life system and promotion of social cohesion: the case of senior university(s)

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Duarte

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Recognition of the potential of wellness and quality of life for tourism was manifested by deepening knowledge of this market in the face of the cultural and tourist dynamics developed, but also through the creation of new tourism products specific to this sector and an active lifestyle system. Senior universities, for example, have been playing an increasingly important role in this dynamic of well-being and active life. It has not only promoted activities aimed at the cultural and tourist practice of an active life of well-being but also contributed to the social cohesion of the territory. In this study, carried out geographically in the Centre of Portugal, the aim is to present a case study related to the practice of well-being and active life through the senior university in its relationship with tourism education and the enhancement of the cultural experience. The main objectives of this study are, therefore, the approach to wellness tourism in an active life system and the promotion of social cohesion and by verifying the importance of guaranteeing a healthy life in tourist places that lead people to experience aspects of a healthy lifestyle committed to growing cultural and tourist knowledge. To achieve both objectives, a quantitative analysis was carried out, and from the preliminary results, it is identified that senior universities should, therefore, be understood as social intervention devices. Innovative didactic approaches to teaching end up accompanying the availability of information that facilitates access to knowledge, not least because the new reality contributed by the aging of the population, associated with the process of globalization and the economic and social situation, poses new challenges to the present-day education of well-being, being and quality of life. The conclusions point to favoring the quality of life and social inclusion of those who actively participate in the activities provided by the senior university(s), as active life strategies linked to cultural, wellness, and tourism quality of life, reinforcing the role of social cohesion in the territory in which it operates.

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Comparing the motivations behind wellness tourism in three source markets

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References 57 publications

Cross-national analysis of wellness tourism concepts, tourists’ motivations and service preferences

Cross-national analysis of wellness tourism concepts, tourists’ motivations and service preferences

Research on Tourist Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention in Ecological Health Tourism Activities in Bama, Guangxi Based on Structural Equation Model

Wellness tourism in an active life system and promotion of social cohesion: the case of senior university(s)

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