Typologies Of Health Tourism,

Categorization Of Medical
Tourist, Wellness And Spa,
Categorization Of Spa

The subject: Medical Tourism

and Telemedicine
Subject Teacher: Salome
Janelidze
BY: Juma Awar

UG: 1802018
 Definitions
Health Tourism Is defined as the type of tourism where the people prefer to travel to different
countries to increase their quality of life and to improve their physical or mental health. Health
tourism covers both the medical and wellness tourism.
Wellness is the act of practicing healthy habits on a daily basis to obtain better physical and
mental health outcomes, so that instead of just surviving, you're thriving. To understand the
significance of wellness, it's important to understand how it's linked to health.
Spa focuses on the relaxation, healing or beautifying of the body using preventative wellness
and/or curative medical techniques. The name was taken from a town near Liège, Belgium, to
which persons traveled for the reputed curative properties of its mineral springs.
 Sub-sections of health tourism

Spa tourism Medical Tourism Spiritual Tourism

Holistic, alternative Wellness Tourism

and “New Age”
Tourism
Categorization Of Medical Tourists

1. Medicated tourists (taking accidental treatments while on

holiday)
2. Proper Medical tourists(deciding both – the treatment and
touristic activities)
3. Vacationing patients (planning medical treatment +
incidental vacationing activities)
4. Mere patients (visiting solely for medical treatment)
 Aromatherapy (natural plant)

 Balneotherapy (mineral water or mud)

 Hydrotherapy (water)
Spa therapies
 Thalassotherapy (marine products like seaweed, marine
mud)

 Vinotherapy (grape seeds, skin and stems)

Types of spa
There is a wide variety of spas to
choose from to suit the customer mood
or his/her state of health, Spas offer a
holistic and healthy approach to
wellness, with well-trained staff and the
latest technology and treatments.
1. Day Spa
2. Health Spa or Health Farm
3. Stay spa
4. Destination Spa
5. Resort or Hotel Spa:
6. Alternative Healing Spa
 Dimensions of
wellness
1. Intellectual, or cognitive
(it’s essential to treat our minds as we would treat any muscle.
Use it or lose it!)
2. Physical
(reflects the overall condition of our bodies, and awareness of
what is needed to maintain a functioning body.)
3. Emotional
(it’s primarily about self-acceptance and acknowledging a wide
range of feelings in ourselves and others as normal. )
4. Social
(connecting with others but also traveling outside your comfort
zone, getting close to other people, and getting to know other
cultures, as well.)
5. Occupational
(refers to our satisfaction through work, building a career and
becoming a useful member of society. )
6. Spiritual
( involves possessing a set of guiding beliefs, principles, or values
that help give direction to one's life.)
7. Environmental
(reconnecting with nature,  an awareness of the unstable state of
the earth and the effects of your daily habits on the physical
environment. )
Benefits of spa and wellness

Improve sleep. Help to reduce ageing Reduce aches and Restore mental Helps with Improve blood flow
signs and promoting joint pains balance. eliminating toxins and circulation and
radiant skin prevent varicose
veins

Reduce headaches Support weight loss

 Health Tourism in Israel

 Medical tourists come to Israel treatments such as surgery and 

in-vitro fertilization, which cost considerably less than in their home countries.
 Patients come to Israel for procedures such as bone marrow transplants, heart
surgery and catheterization, oncological and neurological treatments, car
accident rehabilitation, orthopedic procedures, and IFV treatment.
 The Dead Sea area has become a major center for health research and
treatment for several reasons. The mineral content of the water, the very low
content of pollens and other allergens in the atmosphere, the reduced 
ultraviolet component of solar radiation, and the higher atmospheric pressure
at this great depth each have specific health effects. For example, persons
suffering reduced respiratory function from diseases such as cystic fibrosis
 seem to benefit from the increased atmospheric pressure
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