The problems of development of medical health-improving tourism in modern conditions

Autor: L. S. Agalarova, T. P. Rozanova, R. Yu. Stytsiuk, A. A. Tavakov
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine. 31:44-50
ISSN: 2412-2106
0869-866X
DOI: 10.32687/0869-866x-2023-31-1-44-50
Popis: The analysis of main approaches to determining essence of health-improving tourism in works of national scientists and researchers is presented. The conclusions are made that the most widespread classification of health-improving tourism is its division into medical and health-improving tourism. The medical tourism includes such its types as medical and sanatorium-health resort, and health-improving tourism covers balneologic, SPA-tourism, Wellness-tourism. The difference between medical and health-improving tourism is determined in order to regulate received services. The author's structure of medical and health-improving services, types of tourism and specialized organizations is developed. The analysis of supply and demand for health-improving tourism in 2014-2020 is presented. The main trends of development of health-improving segment in context of such its directions as increasing of SPA and Wellness industry, development of medical tourism, increasing of return on health tourism are formulated. The factors constraining development and reducing competitiveness of health-improving tourism in Russia are identified and structured.
Databáze: OpenAIRE