The Process of Constructing a Health Tourism Destination Index.

Abstract:

:The purpose of the study is to identify a set of key indicators with weightings for health tourism destinations by using an advanced analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method, derived from the official, academic, and professional opinions of the experts. The AHP method allocated weightings to the evaluation criteria selected by the fifteen experts. After expert evaluations were conducted, the three dimensions and eleven sub-dimensions of the initial health tourism destination were obtained as follows: (1) special demands and indications-medical care, health promotion, and tourism and leisure; (2) natural environment-climate, air, water, and light; (3) leisure activities and general demands-sports, therapeutic activities, interactions with animals and plants, and diet. The results revealed that the dimensions of special demands and indications were given the most attention and that the sub-dimensions of sports promotion were the highest ranked by expert groups. The official and academic opinions suggested that health tourism destinations should focus on special demands and indications, while professionals tended to consider the natural environment as a primary concern. In particular, they considered that good air quality can help people release pressure, relax, activate lymphocytes, improve immune function, and enhance disease immunity. The health tourism destination index can contribute to the overall strategic planning process by identifying improvements in activities and enhancing competitiveness in health tourism management by using benchmarking to further improve tourists' experience and satisfaction.

authors

Lee CW,Li C

doi

10.3390/ijerph16224579

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-11-19 00:00:00

issue

22

eissn

1661-7827

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1660-4601

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ijerph16224579

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16

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