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Tourism, health and the changing role of thermal springs- should South Africa reposition its thermal spring tourism product? [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2014 Visiting thermal springs for medicinal purposes is one of the oldest forms of tourism in many parts of the world, including South Africa. An overview is provided of the concepts of health tourism, including medical and wellness tourism, as well as ...
Mark Boekstein
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Work hard, party harder:drug use and sexual behaviour in young British casual workers in Ibiza, Spain [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Every summer, young people flock to nightlife-focused holiday resorts around the world to find casual work. Despite being exposed to hedonistic environments, often for several months, little is known about their substance use, sexual activity
Anderson +24 more
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Sustainable Development of Health Resorts in Poland
Barometr Regionalny, 2018 The objective of this article is to prove the legitimacy of implementing sustainable development in health resorts. The main focus is on health resorts in Poland, but the European context was also taken into account.
Sebastian Bernat
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Atmosphere, 2021 Global solar radiation is an important atmospheric stimulus affecting the human body and has been used in heliotherapy for years. In addition to environmental factors, the effectiveness of global solar radiation is increasingly influenced by human ...
Dawid Szatten, Mirosław Więcław
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Activity-based market segmentation of visitors to thermal spring resorts in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: Assessing the potential for health tourism development [PDF]
, 2013 There are eight thermal spring resorts in the Western Cape. Only one of these resorts has a focus on health and wellness, with the others functioning primarilyas family leisure resorts.
Boekstein, Mark, Spencer, John
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Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2021 The suspension of tourism due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an almost complete halt in the activities of the tourism industry. This paper attempts to assess the ability to use the potential of health tourism enterprises in counteracting the SARS ...
Adam R. Szromek
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Socio-economic development of coastal health resort communes in Poland
Journal of Geography, Politics and Society, 2022 The health resort communes have a significant impact on the functioning of the local government. On the one hand, they enhance the development of tourism, but on the other hand, they inhibit the development of other branches of economy.
Wioletta Szymańska , Anna Wiśniewska
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‘Mountain resorts’: origins and evolution [PDF]
, 2009 The paper discusses the background for the emergence of such ‘mountain resorts’, their types and changes in their mode of operation. Some theoretical and practical issues will be illustrated with examples derived from Europe, North America, Asia and ...
Kowalczyk, Andrzej
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Developing Dementia-Friendly Tourism Destinations: An Exploratory Analysis [PDF]
, 2014 Dementia is emerging as a global issue. Increases in life expectancy create an older population structure with accompanying health needs but also high lifestyle expectations.
Alzheimer’s Society +32 more
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Tourism, 2019 The article is an attempt to verify the hypothesis that the tourist function in Polish health resorts is becoming increasingly diversified. It presents data concerning the capacity and type of accommodation in three Kujawy health resorts, as well as ...
Andrzej Matczak
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