Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Foreword xix
5. Preface xxi
6. 1 A Global Perspective on the Rising Nexus of Wellness, Wellbeing and Tourism 1
7. Theme 1: Cultural and Communal Dimensions of Wellness, Wellbeing and Tourism
8. 2 Community Wellbeing through Culinary Preservation: An Exploratory Study of Kongunadu’s Heritage 9
9. 3 Integrating Indigenous Cuisine Knowledge into Modern Wellbeing Practices: A Case of Malawi, Southern Africa 28
10. 4 Balancing Minds and Lives: Student Awareness and Wellbeing through Wellness Programmes in Private Higher Education 48
11. 5 Wellness Tourism and Pastoral Culture: Exploring their Symbiotic Relationship 61
12. 6 Exploring New Trends in Health Diets in Wellness Tourism: An Investigation of the Key Attributes of the Chinese Wellness Tourist 80
13. Theme 2: Innovation and Technology in Wellness, Wellbeing and Tourism
14. 7 Exploring Innovations in Tourism, Wellbeing and Sustainability through the Intersection of Neurosciences and Computing 99
15. 8 Co-Designing Transformative Wellbeing Tourism Experiences for Japanese Tourists to Finland 117
16. 9 Enhancing Wellness Tourism with Calligraphy-Based Mindfulness Therapy 137
17. Theme 3: Wellness Tourism Destination Development and Management
18. 10 The Prospects of Ethno- Botanical Wellness Tourism through a Destination Stewardship Approach: Evidence from India 155
19. 11 Thermal Tourism in Europe: Exploring the Wellness Dimension 175
20. 12 How Can Health and Wellness Tourism Boost Regional Development? Unhais da Serra, Portugal: A Potential Answer 191
21. 13 Developing a Sustainable Tourism Energy Therapy Model in Nature: A Case Study of Mount Sabalan 216
22. 14 Synthesizing Insights and Charting Future Directions in Wellness, Wellbeing and Tourism 236
23. Index 244