2. INTRODUCTION
Health Resorts & Retreats, or “Destination Spas,”
provide custom pampering services for spa-goers
who wish to regain their healthy habits. These
facilities offer overnight stays and an array of
rejuvenating activities for body, mind, and spirit,
which are aimed at putting guests on the road to
improved well-being.
3. WELLNESS TOURISM
The sum of all the relationship and phenomena resulting from
journey and residence by people whose main motive is to preserve or
promote their health. They stay in a specialised hotel which provides
the appropriate professional know how and individual care. They
require a comprehensive service package comprising physical fitness
/beauty care/healthy nutrition/diet, Relaxation/Meditation and mental
activity/education.
Muller and Kaufmann (2000)
HEALTH TOURISM
Staying away from home, health as the most important motive and
done in a leisure setting,
Hall(1992)
4. Clients of Health Resorts can partake in all-
inclusive programs over the course of several days
or even weeks, focusing on improving their
overall welfare through health-promoting
endeavors like yoga, Meditation, Ayurvedic
treatments, therapeutic massage, fitness classes,
beauty treatments, and more. The ultimate goal of
these retreats is to create an oasis where stress is
reduced, positive thinking is encouraged, and
internal and external healing occurs
6. AYURVEDA
Ayurveda', means 'The Knowledge of Life' is the system of
traditional herbal medicine practiced in India since ages. It
emerged out as a branch of "Atharvaveda" at about 5000
years ago. Ayurveda preserves good health
It is a comprehensive system of medicine that belives in
preventing body ailments along with curing them.
It also aims at treating the entire body as distinguished from the
modern system where stress is laid only on curing the affected
part.
7. Panchakarma
Therapeutic procedures are used to facilitate the
elimination of harmful factors through following
processes:
Vamana Emesis
Virechana Purgation
Vasti Enema
Nasya Administrating medicines especially through
nose
Raktamokshana Blood letting
8. SPA
Spa is place where water with minerals in it, which is
considered to be good for health, comes up naturally
out of the ground; the name given to a town that has
such place, and where there are , or were , places
where people could drink the water. It is a place where
people can relax and improve their health. For
example, a swimming pool; a superb health spa, which
includes bath and fitness rooms.
The term derived from the name of the town of
spa,Belgium, where since medieval times illnesses
caused by iron deficiency were treated by drinking
chalybeate(iron bearing)spring water.
Various refreshing programmes in spa; Day
spa(facials+massages+waxing+ skin exfolitation etc.),
Massage, Facial etc.
10. Yoga is a system of exercise for physical and mental
well being…
The term yoga is itself derived from Sanskrit word
meaning to join together…
The ultimate aim in yoga is to unite the human soul
with the universal spirit…
Meditation is an experience of relaxing the body,
quieting the mind, and awakening the spirit.
YOGA, MEDITATION
11. ANADA IN THE HIMALAYAS
PHYSIOTHERAPHY AYURVEDIC EXPERIENCES
12. ACTIVE FITNESS YOGA AND MEDITATION
VISITING MASTERS
special workshops and private sessions
with Visiting Masters in different areas of
wellbeing. These teachers, therapists,
healers, Ayurvedic doctors and guides
13. SPA
Revitalizing treatments including sensuous
Aromatherapy, pressure points and tension
release work through Reflexology, healing
Tibetan Kuu Nye
Ayurvedic Gourmet Cuisine
14. HEALTH RESORTS IN INDIA
KAIRALI ,KERALA
SOMATHEERAM ,Trivandrum, Kerala,
MANALTHEERAM AYRVEDIC VILLAGE ,Trivandrum, Kerala,
KANDAMKULATHI-AYURSAUKYAM RESORT, WAYANAD
ANANDA IN HIMALAYAS
15. VISITOR PROFILES
Age group 40 and above health tourism product
typically
Preferences: Health tourism, Relaxation combined
with entertainment
Length of stay is long
Repeated visitors, Gender: 50 male, 50 female
Geographical Locations (basically coming from urban
areas)
80% are foreigners mainly from Europe,
The domestic Tourist preferring to visit in the off
seasons
16. CONCLUSION
Health Resorts sells their products with entertainment.
Kerala is the only place in India where Ayurveda is
practice in the ancient manner. Kerala Ayurveda tour
packages offer the perfect way to the start of new life.
Meditation and yoga are the most popular wellness
skills that travellers from all over the world come to
learn and practice .
