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The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism provides a comprehensive
and cutting-edge overview of the philosophical, conceptual and
managerial issues in the field of health tourism with contributions
from more than 30 expert academics and practitioners from around
the world. Terms that are used frequently when defining health
tourism, such as wellbeing, wellness, holistic, medical and
spiritual, are analysed and explored, as is the role that health
and health tourism play in quality-of-life enhancement, wellbeing,
life satisfaction and happiness. An overview is provided of health
tourism facilities such as thermal waters, spas, retreats and
wellness hotels and the various challenges inherent in managing
these profitably and sustainably. Typologies are given not only of
subsectors of health tourism and related activities but also of
destinations, such as natural landscapes, historic townscapes or
individual resources or attractions around which whole
infrastructures have been developed. Attention is paid to some of
the lifestyle changes that are taking place in societies which
influence consumer behaviour, motivations and demand for health
tourism, including government policies, regulations and ethical
considerations. This significant volume offers the reader a
comprehensive synthesis of this field, conveying the latest
thinking and research. The text is international in focus,
encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and areas of
study and will be an invaluable resource for all those with an
interest in health tourism.
The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism provides a comprehensive
and cutting-edge overview of the philosophical, conceptual and
managerial issues in the field of health tourism with contributions
from more than 30 expert academics and practitioners from around
the world. Terms that are used frequently when defining health
tourism, such as wellbeing, wellness, holistic, medical and
spiritual, are analysed and explored, as is the role that health
and health tourism play in quality-of-life enhancement, wellbeing,
life satisfaction and happiness. An overview is provided of health
tourism facilities such as thermal waters, spas, retreats and
wellness hotels and the various challenges inherent in managing
these profitably and sustainably. Typologies are given not only of
subsectors of health tourism and related activities but also of
destinations, such as natural landscapes, historic townscapes or
individual resources or attractions around which whole
infrastructures have been developed. Attention is paid to some of
the lifestyle changes that are taking place in societies which
influence consumer behaviour, motivations and demand for health
tourism, including government policies, regulations and ethical
considerations. This significant volume offers the reader a
comprehensive synthesis of this field, conveying the latest
thinking and research. The text is international in focus,
encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and areas of
study and will be an invaluable resource for all those with an
interest in health tourism.
At the interface between culture and tourism lies a series of deep
and challenging issues relating to how we deal with issues of
political engagement, social justice, economic change, belonging,
identity and meaning. This book introduces researchers, students
and practitioners to a range of interesting and complex debates
regarding the political and social implications of cultural tourism
in a changing world. Concise and thematic theoretical sections
provide the framework for a range of case studies, which
contextualise and exemplify the issues raised. The book focuses on
both traditional and popular culture, and explores some of the
tensions between cultural preservation and social transformation.
The book is divided into thematic sections - Politics and Policy;
Community Participation and Empowerment; Authenticity and
Commodification; and Interpretation and Representation - and will
be of interest to all who wish to understand how cultural tourism
continues to evolve as a focal point for understanding a changing
world.
At the interface between culture and tourism lies a series of deep
and challenging issues relating to how we deal with issues of
political engagement, social justice, economic change, belonging,
identity and meaning. This book introduces researchers, students
and practitioners to a range of interesting and complex debates
regarding the political and social implications of cultural tourism
in a changing world. Concise and thematic theoretical sections
provide the framework for a range of case studies, which
contextualise and exemplify the issues raised. Emphasis is placed
on politics and policy, community participation and empowerment,
authenticity and commodification, and interpretation and
representation. The book focuses on both traditional and popular
culture, and explores some of the tensions between cultural
preservation and social transformation. The book is divided into
thematic sections - Politics and Policy; Community Participation
and Empowerment; Authenticity and Commodification; and
Interpretation and Representation - and will be of interest to all
who wish to understand how cultural tourism continues to evolve as
a focal point for understanding a changing world.
The aim of this book is to provide a new framework for cultural
regeneration planning. The research critically analyses approaches
to urban regeneration which have used culture as a tool to
influence development. Cultural planning has already started to
take into consideration the lives and traditions of local places
and people, however it is argued that a Thirdspace framework (Soja,
1996 as influenced by Lefebvre, 1974) takes this a stage further.
Thirdspace suggests that planning should mediate between physical
and material elements, symbolic visions and perceptions, and lived
experiences and everyday life in urban environments. Using a case
study of Maritime Greenwich in South- East London, the author
employs a crystallisation of mainly qualitative methods to
challenge prevailing planning paradigms in the context of
culture-led regeneration.
This book focuses on ethnic and minority communities in urban
contexts and the ways in which their cultures are represented in
tourism development. It offers a multi-disciplinary approach which
draws on examples and case studies of ethnic and minority
communities and cultural tourism development from all around the
world, including slums in India, favelas in Brazil, Chinatowns in
Australia, Jewish quarters in Central and Eastern Europe, ethnic
villages in China, the African district of Brussels, the gay
quarter in Cape Town and a desert town in Israel. It offers a
positive perspective on ethnic and minority cultures and
communities at a time when social and political support is lacking
in many countries. This book will be a useful resource for those
studying and researching cultural and urban tourism, urban planning
and development, community studies and urban and cultural
geography.
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