 Health is one of the most important motivations for domestic and international travelers, alike. There are many organizations and companies dealing some aspect of the traveling for health spectrum, e.g. spa, wellness or medical. We do not know any other, however, that would attempt to have a full and global focus. That is why we created The Tourism Observatory for Health, Wellness and Spa (TOHWS). TOHWS provides a platform for industry, investors and academics. To us, travel for health means travel for total health, be it medical, wellness, well-being, holistic, spiritual, spa or medical wellness. TOHWS is dedicated to:
- Analysis
- Assessment
- Forecasting
- Monitoring
- Developing the various elements and services one can use for improving health, from the surgical to the spiritual end of the spectrum.
One of the key objectives of TOHWS is to improve the understanding of the ways in which travel and tourism can improve health, wellness, well-being and quality of life. The recently launched website provides several solutions and resources to the industry:
- We are the proud hosts of the Global Speaker Group (GSG). GSG is a network of prestigious group of experts who represent vast experiences in wellness and spa, and TOHWS provides representation for them for speaking and training requests.
- The global health tourism industry is very fragmented and does not even have a common vocabulary. We developed an analytical framework, the Global Health Tourism Services Grid, in order to contribute to a better understanding and facilitate further developments.
- Ever-growing list of publications and resources, such as recent reports, articles and papers on medical, wellness, spa tourism, quality of life and spa experiences.
- Research Results and Intelligence. We are proud to state that we have been involved in research project and intelligence development for about 20 years. Certainly, the key specialization has been researching, analyzing and monitoring health, medical, wellness and spa tourism. Various reports and research papers are available to download.
The websites of TOHWS (thetourismobservatory.org and healthtourismworldwide.com) are an ever-evolving source of information and inspiration to anyone in wellness, spa and medical tourism. |
