TRANSFORMATIONAL WELLNESS TOURISM SYSTEM MODEL IN THE PANDEMIC ERA

Yıl 2020, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 2, 76 - 101, 31.08.2020

Deepak Chhabra

https://doi.org/10.31201/ijhmt.788628

Cited By: 8

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The key aim of this study is to suggest a transformational wellness tourism system model aimed at preparedness of future travelers. This paper is conceptual and offers an innovative way of planning a new tourism system to facilitate wellbeing and resilience of the tourism industry and its future travelers. Healing and therapeutic potential of non-medical wellness programs is highlighted. The overarching contribution of this study is its conceptual model and its potential to boost preparedness of halted markets for future travel.

Anahtar Kelimeler

tourism system, transformation, chaos and disequilibrium theories, yoga, wellness programs, public health, COVID 2019

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