Handbook on Tourism, Public Health and Wellbeing

In a time of rapid change for travel-related health interventions, this Handbook offers critical insights into the interrelationship between tourism, public health, and the wellbeing of local communities and tourists. It features cutting-edge interdisciplinary research by leading academics in tourism, public health, wellbeing, and social welfare, investigating the nexus between tourism and public health in an era of globalization, tourism growth, and COVID-19. Chapters explore issues from medical tourism, spiritual health, and sustainability to wellness, social development, and disease outbreaks, providing key insights that will assist diverse stakeholders to better navigate this uniquely challenging time in travel and health promotion. The Handbook addresses the growing risks of international travel and considers how the tourism industry might evolve in the wake of COVID-19 and other crises. Cross-disciplinary in scope, it makes a crucial contribution to the literature on the consequences of tourism for public health.

Format: Hardback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 01 November 2022
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

In a rapidly evolving landscape of travel-related health interventions, this timely Handbook provides invaluable insights into the intricate interplay between tourism, public health, and the well-being of local communities and tourists. Written with a global audience in mind, it showcases cutting-edge interdisciplinary research conducted by esteemed academics in the fields of tourism, public health, well-being, and social welfare.

Exploring the nexus between tourism and public health in the context of globalization, tourism growth, and the impact of COVID-19, this insightful Handbook reimagines the role of tourism in contemporary society. Chapters delve into a range of topics, including medical tourism, spiritual health, sustainability, wellness, social development, and disease outbreaks, offering critical insights that will assist diverse stakeholders in navigating this unprecedented era in travel and health promotion.

Addressing the growing risks associated with international travel, the Handbook also considers how the tourism industry can evolve in the wake of COVID-19 and other crises that afflict modern society. With a cross-disciplinary approach, this dynamic Handbook makes a significant contribution to the literature on the consequences of tourism for public health. Its novel analyses of topics related to tourism, public health, well-being, and social welfare will be of immense value to tourism stakeholders, healthcare practitioners, and policymakers alike.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800378292