Gesundheitstourismus und Wellnesstourismus

Berg, Waldemar

doi:10.1524/9783486711141

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“…There are divisions of health tourism, dealing with restoring someone's health, for example traveling to another country to undergo surgery (due to quality and/or cost reasons).This field, namely medical tourism is still lacking scientific evidence with respect to the question if medical services should be a component of local tourism or not [18] but is beyond the scope of the present work. These services relate to different psychological and physiological interventions (physical activities, nutrition, medical and therapeutic services) [14]. Based on the opinions of many researchers, health tourism will be one of the major economic drivers of the tourism industry [19].…”

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“…Qualified personnel are the key to success [23]. In the same way that health tourism has many facets, professions within this area are diverse [14]. The question that persists in the literature for quite a while aims at what is meant by "qualified personnel".…”

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“…Especially within the Germanspeaking Alpine area, the Austrian Moderate Altitude Studies (AMAS) showed medical evidence that individually adapted and coached health vacations at moderate altitudes (1500-2500 m) have multiple health benefits; these studies also outlined the need for qualified personnel to deliver these offerings [12,13]. However, in this relatively new field of tourism, sound academic education is lacking [14]. Despite the topic of higher education in tourism being discussed in the scientific literature, health tourism has not received much attention with respect to the need for academic education at present.…”

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Academic Education in Health Tourism ? Knowledge about and Willingness for Academic Training within the Field of Health Tourism: A Cross-Country Evaluation within the German-Speaking Alpine Area

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2013

J Tourism Hospit

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Health tourism in the German-speaking Alpine area: Of sampled Germans, 68% see health as one of their biggest concerns by the year 2020, making health second only to unemployment [15]. When considering activities that promote greater personal health, people are generally convinced that all kinds of absences from work, whether leisure time at home or on vacation, is recuperative and healthy [16]. Based on these findings, tourism has grown and new tourists are both, more demanding and flexible [17]. The awareness of one's own health is growing. More and more people see vacation as a chance to

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Academic Education in Health Tourism ? Knowledge about and Willingness for Academic Training within the Field of Health Tourism: A Cross-Country Evaluation within the German-Speaking Alpine Area

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2013

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“…[1,2] . Grunds ä tzlich kann zwischen einem qualit ä ts-und prestigeorientierten sowie einem kostenorientierten Gesundheitstourismus unterschieden werden [3] . Im zahnmedizinischen Bereich d ü rfte allgemein weniger der Qualit ä ts-als vielmehr der preisliche Aspekt im Vordergrund stehen, da Preisdiff erenzen als " hard facts " vom Patienten unschwer erkannt werden k ö nnen.…”

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Auslandszahnersatz und Dentaltourismus – Zahlungsbereitschaft und Einflussfaktoren auf die Nachfrage nach ausländischem Zahnersatz in Deutschland

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Klingenberger²

2010

Gesundheitswesen

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With the progressive realisation of the single European market, public interest has been directed towards cross-border healthcare services to an increasing extent. More and more dentures are being imported into Germany from foreign countries. Furthermore, patients are becoming ever more mobile, travelling to other countries to receive prosthetic treatment from dentists. The objective of this evaluation was to determine by means of a dedicated questionnaire the patients' individual preferences for foreign dentures and the potential savings. 1 368 individuals between the ages of 30 and 75 years were interviewed within a representative omnibus survey. The evaluation of the individual willingness-to-pay included 4 treatment scenarios, which were assessed by the participants in a "bidding game". Participants could choose between a "crown scenario" and an "implant scenario", both with the subcategories "foreign dentures" and "dental tourism". The direct comparison revealed a preference for the "foreign dentures" option over "dental tourism". Average willingness-to-pay for the dental tourism option in the crown scenario was calculated as 80 Euro, and in the implant scenario as 280 Euro less in comparison with the willingness-to-pay for the foreign dentures option. The willingness to switch to a less expensive dentist was one of the main determinants in the causal explanation for the variance in willingness-to-pay. Quality proved to be the decisive criterion and was indicated by 92.4% participants. A lower price for dentures played a subordinate role and was only stated as the decisive factor by 31.1% participants. In conclusion, the results clearly indicate that the decision for or against foreign dentures and the extent of willingness-to-pay depends on a range of criteria, of which "price" is only one and not the decisive factor.

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“…The fast development of spa and wellness tourism has established as an international trend, which is determined by the desire of modern tourists to look and feel better, slow down aging processes, reduce their weight, relieve pains or discomfort, deal with stress and improve their physical and psychological state (Berg, 2008). The greater demand for spa and wellness services has lead to redirecting investment towards the spa and wellness industry in the resorts areas as well as the residential areas where consumers live.…”

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Contemporary changes in the hotel product for spa and wellness tourism and their distribution

Kadieva¹

2015

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Gesundheitstourismus und Wellnesstourismus

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Academic Education in Health Tourism ? Knowledge about and Willingness for Academic Training within the Field of Health Tourism: A Cross-Country Evaluation within the German-Speaking Alpine Area

Academic Education in Health Tourism ? Knowledge about and Willingness for Academic Training within the Field of Health Tourism: A Cross-Country Evaluation within the German-Speaking Alpine Area

Auslandszahnersatz und Dentaltourismus – Zahlungsbereitschaft und Einflussfaktoren auf die Nachfrage nach ausländischem Zahnersatz in Deutschland

Contemporary changes in the hotel product for spa and wellness tourism and their distribution

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