Guidelines to Development Wellness Tourism in Roi-Kaen-San-Sin Cluster, Thailand

Maneenetr, Thirachaya; Naipinit, Aree; Tran, Thanh Ha

doi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p214

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“…However, this development has also been facing various challenges, such as quality control, lack of regulation and the authenticity of the Chinese Medicine products and services involved. Maneenetr, T., Naipinit, A., & Tran, T. H. (2014). Guidelines to development wellness tourism in Roi-Kaen-San-Sin cluster, Thailand.…”

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Progress in tourism and destination wellbeing research

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A proliferation of research in recent years has revealed a myriad of relationships between tourism and the concept of wellbeing. These include health benefits of visiting tourist destinations, a product focus on wellness, and maintaining good health. Broader interpretations emphasise the complex ways in which tourism can influence the emotional, psychological, cognitive and spiritual dimensions of wellbeing, both for tourists and for destination communities. This study reflects an emerging paradigm shift that incorporates a deeper appreciation of the benefits derived at the destination level from a focus on health and wellbeing. The study highlights three key perspectives, namely the tourist, the destination community, and the destination itself. The study concludes that research in this area is critical to the future development, management and marketing of sustainable and competitive destinations with the wellbeing of tourists, their destination host communities, and the overall destination experience, critical to their ultimate success.

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“…This is one of the emerging components of the sector, as evidenced by the recent studies highlighting the links between wellness tourism and culture. This category mainly refers to a destination's cultural intangible heritage: "China wellness culture" (Huang and Xu, 2014;Heung and Kucukusta, 2013), "Longevity in Chinese culture" (Huang and Xu, 2018), "local culture" (Latif et al, 2019;Kucukusta and Heung, 2012) and "local way of life" (Maneenetr et al, 2014).…”

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Wellness tourism and the components of its offer system: a holistic perspective

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2021

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conceptually examine the phenomenon of wellness tourism under a holistic and systemic lens, focusing on the offer system and the main components necessary for the staging of wellness experiences. This approach to holistic wellbeing within the tourism sector has led to a broadening of the type of services and experiences that make up the value propositions that can positively contribute to people’s wellbeing. Design/methodology/approach This study identifies and defines the components of wellness tourism (including sectors not traditionally associated with it) through a review and analysis of the extant literature on “wellness tourism” and “wellbeing tourism” of the past two decades; the components were classified through an open coding process. Findings Wellness tourism, as a broad multidimensional concept, is composed by ten different components of the offer system: hot springs, spas, medical tourism, care of the body and mind, enogastronomy, sports, nature and environment, culture, spirituality and events. Each of these categories may represent a single touristic offer targeted to specific market segments, but they may also be one of several components within an integrated mix of tourism products proposed. Originality/value A holistic view of wellness tourism has implications for strategic marketing processes. Destination Management Organizations and company managers should segment their demand according to more innovative criteria than what has traditionally been adopted for wellness in terms of health care and medical procedures. Value propositions for tourists should be wellness-driven to satisfy the growing demand for wellness/well-being and should involve the participation of all the various actors and producers within the wellness tourism offer system at wellness destinations.

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Guidelines to Development Wellness Tourism in Roi-Kaen-San-Sin Cluster, Thailand

Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate tourists' opinions on wellness tourism in Roi-

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Wellness tourism and the components of its offer system: a holistic perspective

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