Health and Wellness Tourism : : Spas and Hot Springs / / Patricia Erfurt-Cooper, Malcolm Cooper.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Erfurt-Cooper, Patricia,; Cooper, Malcolm,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Aspects of Tourism ; 40
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Tables --; Preface --; Chapter 1. Introduction: Development of the Health and Wellness Spa Industry --; Chapter 2. The Health and Wellness Concept: A Global Overview --; Chapter 3. Use of Natural Hot and Mineral Springs Throughout History --; Chapter 4. Cultural and Religious Use of Water --; Chapter 5. Geological Background of Natural and Mineral Springs --; Chapter 6. Health and Wellness Spa Tourism Environment --; Chapter 7. Technology and Economics of Health and Wellness Spa Tourism --; Chapter 8. Aspects of Management and Marketing in Health and Wellness Spa Tourism --; Chapter 9. Case Studies from the Contemporary World --; Chapter 10. Conclusions --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845411138; 9783110754377
• DOI: 10.21832/9781845411138
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Patricia Erfurt-Cooper, Malcolm Cooper.

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.