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Medical, Health and Wellness Tourism Research—A Review of the Literature (1970–2020) and Research Agenda

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Zhong, Lina, Deng, Baolin, Morrison, Alastair M., Coca-Stefaniak, J. Andres, Yang, Liyu·2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
DOI 10.3390/ijerph182010875PMC PMC8536053
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Medical, health and wellness tourism and travel represent a dynamic and rapidly growing multi-disciplinary economic activity and field of knowledge. This research responds to earlier calls to integrate research on travel medicine and tourism. It critically reviews the literature published on these topics over a 50-year period (1970 to 2020) using CiteSpace software. Some 802 articles were gathered and analyzed from major databases including the Web of Science and Scopus. Markets (demand and behavior), destinations (development and promotion), and development environments (policies and impacts) emerged as the main three research themes in medical-health-wellness tourism. Medical-health-wellness tourism will integrate with other care sectors and become more embedded in policy-making related to sustainable development, especially with regards to quality of life initiatives. A future research agenda for medical-health-tourism is discussed.

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Figure 1 Number of articles by publication year.
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Figure 2 Author article productivity.
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Figure 3 Country of origin of authors in medical-health-wellness tourism.
Figure 3 Country of origin of authors in medical-health-wellness tourism.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 4 Institutions of authors.
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Figure 5 Frequencies of research keywords.
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Figure 6 Timeline of research keyword appearance.
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  1. Nikezic, 2012, Improvement of spa tourism in the Republic of Serbia as a pattern of positive impact on ecology and regional development, Tech. Technol. Educ. Manag.-TTEM, 7, 920
  2. Miles, M.B., Huberman, A.M., Huberman, M.A., and Huberman, M. (1994). Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook, SAGE.

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Authors
Zhong, L., Deng, B., Morrison, A. M., Coca-Stefaniak, J. A., & Yang, L.
Affiliations
  • Beijing International Studies University (CN)
  • University of Greenwich (GB)
  • Greenwich Business School, Old Royal Naval College, University of Greenwich, London SE10 9SL, UK
Corresponding author
Morrison, Alastair M.
ORCID
Venue
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-10-16
Volume
18
Issue
20
Pages
10875
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/ijerph182010875
PMC
PMC8536053
OpenAlex
W3205968825
Cited by
151
References
104
Citations by year
2026: 41 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 1
FWCI
3.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (University of Greenwich) (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (71673015)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management › Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management › Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
Keywords
medical tourism, wellness tourism, travel medicine, destination development, tourism policy, sustainable development, quality of life, research agenda
MeSH terms
Tourism, Quality of Life, Bibliometrics, Medical Tourism, Policy

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