Chapter 10: New leisure trends

Wellness Tourism

Wellness Tourism is “travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining or enhancing one's personal wellbeing.".

Wellness Tourism is “travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining or enhancing one's personal wellbeing.” - See more at: http://www.sri.com/blog/wellness-tourism-growth-opportunity-worldwide#sthash.vOcNDmYj.dpuf

Wellness Tourism is “travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining or enhancing one's personal wellbeing.” - See more at: http://www.sri.com/blog/wellness-tourism-growth-opportunity-worldwide#sthash.vOcNDmYj.dpuf

Wellness Tourism is “travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining or enhancing one's personal wellbeing.” - See more at: http://www.sri.com/blog/wellness-tourism-growth-opportunity-worldwide#sthash.vOcNDmYj.dpuf

Wellness Tourism is “travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining or enhancing one's personal wellbeing.” - See more at: http://www.sri.com/blog/wellness-tourism-growth-opportunity-worldwide#sthash.vOcNDmYj.dpuf

Wellness Tourism is “travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining or enhancing one's personal wellbeing.” - See more at: http://www.sri.com/blog/wellness-tourism-growth-opportunity-worldwide#sthash.vOcNDmYj.dpuf

Wellness Tourism is “travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining or enhancing one's personal wellbeing.” - See more at: http://www.sri.com/blog/wellness-tourism-growth-opportunity-worldwide#sthash.vOcNDmYj.dpuf

Wellness Tourism is “travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining or enhancing one's personal wellbeing.” - See more at: http://www.sri.com/blog/wellness-tourism-growth-opportunity-worldwide#sthash.vOcNDmYj.dpuf

 Many tourists plan their travels specifically for wellness activities such as visiting spas, health resorts, baths and springs, yoga retreats, national parks, gyms and fitness centers, and even specialty restaurants. People are trying to relax and participate in leisure activities in a healthier way. This is an emerging market and the customer segment becomes larger in the recent two years. That is a market having the size like ecotourism and culinary tourism, but bigger than sports tourism and medical tourism.


Source: http://www.sri.com/blog/wellness-tourism-growth-opportunity-worldwide

Ecotourism

Nowadays, ecotourism has been becoming more popular in Hong Kong. Since the establishment of Hong Kong Geopark and the arouse sense of environment protection, it boost up the development of eco-tourism. People are more willing to go to countryside as their leisure activites. There are some tour guided by the local experts in Hong Kong. They provide visits to islands and country parks like Lantau and Sai Kung to discover some special nature spots.Recently, some association are trying to develop night safari in Hong Kong.

Source:http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1157266/eco-tours-show-visitors-natural-hot-spots-hong-kong

Many tourists plan their travels specifically for wellness activities—visiting spas, health resorts, baths and springs, but also yoga retreats, national parks, gyms and fitness centers, and even specialty restaurants. - See more at: http://www.sri.com/blog/wellness-tourism-growth-opportunity-worldwide#sthash.vOcNDmYj.dpuf

Many tourists plan their travels specifically for wellness activities—visiting spas, health resorts, baths and springs, but also yoga retreats, national parks, gyms and fitness centers, and even specialty restaurants. - See more at: http://www.sri.com/blog/wellness-tourism-growth-opportunity-worldwide#sthash.vOcNDmYj.dpuf