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1	Health and wellness tourism / Melanie K Smith; László Puczkó Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009. 417 pages. : illustrations Ký hiệu phân loại (DDC): 338.473621 "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." Số bản sách: (0) Tài liệu số: (1)
2	Health and wellness tourism : emergence of a new market segment / Marta Peris-Ortiz; José Álvarez-García editor New York : Springer, 2015 187 page. : color illustrations Ký hiệu phân loại (DDC): 338.47 This book aims to contribute to the literature and aid in developing a theoretical and practical framework in the area of health and wellness tourism. With contributions and research from different countries using a practical approach, this book is an essential source for students, researchers and managers in the health and wellness tourism industry. Recently, there has been an increased interest in health and wellness due to greater life expectancy, aging populations, increasing levels of stress among others. In this context, the concepts of health, wellness, beauty, relaxation, and tourism can be combined to satisfy the needs of people seeking better quality-of-life. This has given rise to health and wellness tourism, a new market segment that contributes to employment and economic growth in the new economy. Health and wellness tourism involves two aspects: therapeutics, which seeks to cure certain diseases; and relaxation and leisure. As an alternative to traditional tourism, health and wellness tourism provides a new means of achieving regional and local development from a demographic, social, environmental and economic point-of-view. It contributes to tourist destinations? economic growth, acting as a pillar to support other complementary activities. In short, health and wellness tourism contributes to employment growth and regional wealth, contributes to tourism seasonality, promotes quality in tourism destinations, helps create new tourist services with high value, promotes establishment of international cooperation networks, and yields a number of additional benefits. Featuring a variety of programs and initiatives from different regions, with an emphasis on thermal and thalassotherapy establishments, this volume sheds light on this emerging market segment and its implications for economic and policy development. Số bản sách: (0) Tài liệu số: (1)
3	Health tourism : social welfare through international trade / David A Reisman Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2010 205 pages. : illustrations Ký hiệu phân loại (DDC): 362.1 Spas, pilgrimages and trips to famous specialists are not new. What is new is the volume of patients willing and able to travel great distances for a variety of treatments and procedures. This book explains why health-related travel is growing rapidly in a world where social welfare is a global concern. Số bản sách: (0) Tài liệu số: (1)
4	Medical tourism and transnational health care / [Edited by] D. Botterill, G. Pennings, T. Mainil United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 267 p. : illustrations Ký hiệu phân loại (DDC): 362.1 The phenomenon of transnational health care has grown rapidly over recent years and this book provides a comprehensive landscape of diverse research communities' attempts to capture its implications for existing bodies of knowledge in selected aspects of medicine, medical ethics, health policy and management, and tourism studies. Số bản sách: (0) Tài liệu số: (1)
5	Medical tourism and wellness : hospitality bridging healthcare (H2H) / [Edited by] Frederick DeMicco Toronto ; New Jersey : Apple Academic Press, 2017 481 pages. : illustrations Ký hiệu phân loại (DDC): 362.1 This title takes a systems approach to examining the growing field of medical tourism, one of the field's hottest niches, with billions of dollars spent each year. This important book fills the need for a modern management book that looks at medical tourism in depth from a medical and hospitality operational management perspective. Số bản sách: (0) Tài liệu số: (1)