Cooper Malcolm - Health And Wellness Tourism Spas And Hot Springs - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: Health And Wellness Tourism Spas And Hot Springs
Author(s): Cooper Malcolm
Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
Barcode: 9781845411114
Pages: 376 Pages
Publication Date: 7/27/2009
Series: Aspects of Tourism
Category: Family & Health