4. "...a state of complete physical, mental, and
social well-being, and not merely the absence
of disease or infirmity."
- The World Health Organization
5. Wellness tourism is travel for the purpose of
promoting health and well-being through
physical, psychological, or spiritual activities.
6. Trips organized around the principle of wellness
tourism should include healthy food, exercise,
spa treatments, and opportunities to experience
or expand your spirituality and creativity.
25. Tourism is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the
world. Wellness tourism is over powering all other forms of
tourism industry all across the world. Wellness tourism attracts the
high-end tourists from developed and developing nations, it
increases the economy of not only developed countries but also
small or underprivileged regions.
- The major advantage of wellness tourism is that it brings direct
foreign exchange earnings and contributes heavily to government
revenues.
- Wellness hotel and resorts create employment opportunities in
smaller towns and villages or far off areas.
- Wellness hotel and resorts help in developing the public facilities
in the society, as tourists not only participate in wellness activities
but also take part in different sports, educational and cultural
activities of the region.