Health and wellness tourism

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There is a grow­ing trend of people using travel & tour­ism to improve their health and well-being. This trend is being driv­en by a num­ber of factors, including:

• The increas­ing aware­ness of the import­ance of health and well-being;
• The rising cost of health­care; and
• The desire for people to exper­i­ence new things and cultures

Travel & tour­ism is respond­ing by offer­ing a wide range of health and well­ness-related products and services. 

These include:

• Med­ic­al tour­ism: This is the prac­tice of trav­el­ling to anoth­er coun­try to receive med­ic­al care because it is cheap­er and/or more advanced than at home.
• Well­ness tour­ism: This is the prac­tice of trav­el­ling to a des­tin­a­tion for the pur­pose of improv­ing one’s phys­ic­al and men­tal health and well-being. Well­ness tour­ism activ­it­ies can include yoga, med­it­a­tion, and spa treat­ments, as well as more phys­ic­al activ­it­ies, such as hik­ing, cyc­ling, kayak­ing, or running.

The tour­ism industry is well-posi­tioned to cap­it­al­ise on the grow­ing trend of health and well­ness tour­ism. The industry has a glob­al reach, and it can offer a wide range of products and ser­vices that meet the needs of dif­fer­ent travellers.

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