HEALTH TOURISM FROM THE SYSTEMIC APPROACH: APPLICATION TO THE PROVINCE OF ALICANTE

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/turismo.492691
Keywords: health tourism, medical tourism, medical wellness tourism, wellness tourism, Alicante

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify the main determinants conditioning supply and demand in health tourism based on systems theory. An empirical analysis of medical tourism, wellness tourism and medical wellness tourism in the Province of Alicante is carried out, applying the aforementioned approach. Methodologically, the work is based on the task to systematize the existing Anglo-German literature on the subject that has not been translated into Spanish. The relevance of this article lies in the novelty of the methodological approach and its application to health tourism as well as its application to a consolidated tourist area, such as the Province of Alicante, where this modality is established and has been working for decades.

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10-12-2021
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Hersch Glass, E. (2021). HEALTH TOURISM FROM THE SYSTEMIC APPROACH: APPLICATION TO THE PROVINCE OF ALICANTE. Cuadernos de Turismo, (48), 123–152. https://doi.org/10.6018/turismo.492691
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