INTRODUCTION
Traveling for health and wellness is one of the most important tourist patterns of
economic returns generated by the tourism industry, tourist destinations and the health
sector.
Health and Wellness Tourism is travelling to another city for the purpose of receiving
medical or wellness services. It is divided into two categories:
Health Tourism: travelling to receive medical treatment in specialized institutions
jointly with tourism programs.
Wellness Tourism: healthy people travelling to other cities to maintain their physical
and psychological health through receiving certain services in specialized institutions.
Spa
Tourism
Yoga
Tourism
Ayurveda
Tourism
Meditation
Tourism
Holistic
Tourism
Spiritual
Tourism
Forms
of
Health
Tourism
MEDICAL TOURISM
Medical tourism is the term given to the
phenomena of people traveling to another country
/ another place seeking medical treatment. India
has shown a vast growth in the medical tourism
sector. This could shape India’s future healthcare
and economy. . India is among the top three
destinations for medical tourism in Asia – along
with Thailand and Singapore. Medical Tourism in
India is a thriving sector and is currently valued at
$3 billion which is further expected to touch $8
billion by 2020.
SPA TOURISM
The term spa is associated with water
treatment which is also known as
balneotherapy. Spa tourism is part of
the wellness tourism in which the
experience is associated with activities that
involve health improvement through hydrotherapy
or balneotherapy.
AYURVEDA TOURISM
Ayurveda is a system of medicine with historical roots in the Globalized and modernized
practices derived from Ayurveda traditions are a type of complementary or alternative
medicine. In countries beyond India, Ayurveda therapies and practices have been integrated in
general wellness applications and in some cases in medical use. Plant-based treatments in
Ayurveda may be derived from roots, leaves, fruits, bark, or seeds such
as cardamom and cinnamon. Animal products used in Ayurveda include milk, bones. In
addition, fats are prescribed both for consumption and for external use. Consumption of
minerals, including sulphur, arsenic, lead, copper sulfate and gold, are also prescribed.
Ayurvedic texts describe Madya as non-viscid and fast-acting, and say that it enters and
cleans minute pores in the body.
YOGA TOURISM
Yoga (Sanskrit: योग) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which
originated in ancient India. There is a broad variety of yoga schools, practices, and goals
in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The origins of yoga have been speculated to date back to
pre-Vedic Indian traditions; it is mentioned in the Rigveda. Yoga, the ancient science of physical,
mental and spiritual disciplines, has been in practice for as long as fifth or sixth century BCE in
India.
MEDITATION TOURISM
Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a
mode of consciousness, either
2. INTRODUCTION
Traveling for health and wellness is one of the most important tourist patterns of
economic returns generated by the tourism industry, tourist destinations and the health
sector.
Health and Wellness Tourism is travelling to another city for the purpose of receiving
medical or wellness services. It is divided into two categories:
Health Tourism: travelling to receive medical treatment in specialized institutions
jointly with tourism programs.
Wellness Tourism: healthy people travelling to other cities to maintain their physical
and psychological health through receiving certain services in specialized institutions.
4. MEDICAL TOURISM
Medical tourism is the term given to the
phenomena of people traveling to another country
/ another place seeking medical treatment. India
has shown a vast growth in the medical tourism
sector. This could shape India’s future healthcare
and economy. . India is among the top three
destinations for medical tourism in Asia – along
with Thailand and Singapore. Medical Tourism in
India is a thriving sector and is currently valued at
$3 billion which is further expected to touch $8
billion by 2020.
5. SPA TOURISM
The term spa is associated with water
treatment which is also known as
balneotherapy. Spa tourism is part of
the wellness tourism in which the
experience is associated with activities that
involve health improvement through hydro-
therapy or balneotherapy.
6. AYURVEDA TOURISM
Ayurveda is a system of medicine with historical roots in the Globalized and modernized
practices derived from Ayurveda traditions are a type of complementary or alternative
medicine. In countries beyond India, Ayurveda therapies and practices have been integrated in
general wellness applications and in some cases in medical use. Plant-based treatments in
Ayurveda may be derived from roots, leaves, fruits, bark, or seeds such
as cardamom and cinnamon. Animal products used in Ayurveda include milk, bones. In
addition, fats are prescribed both for consumption and for external use. Consumption of
minerals, including sulphur, arsenic, lead, copper sulfate and gold, are also prescribed.
Ayurvedic texts describe Madya as non-viscid and fast-acting, and say that it enters and
cleans minute pores in the body.
7. YOGA TOURISM
Yoga (Sanskrit: योग) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which
originated in ancient India. There is a broad variety of yoga schools, practices, and goals
in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The origins of yoga have been speculated to date back to
pre-Vedic Indian traditions; it is mentioned in the Rigveda. Yoga, the ancient science of physical,
mental and spiritual disciplines, has been in practice for as long as fifth or sixth century BCE in
India.
8. MEDITATION TOURISM
Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a
mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit or as an end in itself. The
term meditation refers to a broad variety of practices (much like the term
sports) that includes techniques designed to promote relaxation, build internal
energy or life force and develop compassion, love, patience, generosity and
forgiveness. Meditation allows one to understand themselves better and be
mentally conscious of one's character.
Meditation can help in a lot of disorders common in a busy lifestyle like stress,
hypertension, anxiety, depression and drug addiction.
9. HOLISTIC TOURISM
The holistic approach to life is based in a
balance between wellbeing in the body,
mind and spirit. In order to meet the
challenging needs of tourists, holistic
tourism offers activities that combine
therapies and counseling, pathways to
spiritual development, creative
enhancement and many other routes to
the reconciliation of body, mind and spirit
10. SPIRITUAL TOURISM
Spiritual journeys are one type of cultural tourism that is on the rise, as people are
increasingly looking to develop their own spirituality and to discover that of others. Spiritual
tourism is a tourism that is motivated by faith or religious reasons has been in evidence for
centuries. In more recent times, however, it has been suggested that modern tourism has
become the functional and symbolic equivalent of more traditional spiritual practices, such as
festivals, pilgrimages, yoga and holy places.
11. CONCLUSION
This form of Health & wellness tourism created as per the demand in the market.
And India is the 3rd
Largest Medical Tourism Service provider in Asia.
