The expansion of medical tourism
This article provides a brief overview of what is medical tourism, and the differences between health tourism and medical tourism. It examines why people prefer to go abroad, and what are the services that allow the expansion of medical tourism.
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Karl Arsiriy
Mini-case Study Attractiveness of Swiss Health Care and Medical Tourism
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Julia Lopes 703E
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Moustafa, M. (2011). Evaluating the Potential of Mobile Technology in Tourism Destination Marketing. Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Nowadays, winter resorts have to face an important crisis. Snow coverage is not always guaranteed and due to climate change, snow scarcity is increasing, particularly in the low-altitude resorts (Steiger, 2011). As mountain resorts have been considered, since the half of the 20th century as being a perfect location for winter sports and activities (Bourdeau, 2009), the necessity of finding a solution to rejuvenate winter resorts is very important. Mountain resorts need to reposition themselves in order to reduce the effect of snow scarcity and the decline of the actual “Skiers” (the number of people skiing is constantly decreasing).
Mountain resorts also need to readapt the offer because of the changing in customer behaviour. In facts, there is a new type of tourist that has emerged: more experienced, more independent and more aware of the quality and especially harder to satisfy his needs (Peters, Steinhauser, & Jochum, 2003).
Author: Elena Petraglio
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Peters, M., Steinhauser, C., & Jochum, B. (2003). The Future of Alpine Tourism between Sports and Alpine Wellness. Center for Tourism and Service Economics.
Steiger, R. (2011). The impact of snow scarcity on ski tourism: an analysis of the record warm season 2006/2007. Tourism Review, 4-13.
How can a mountain resort differentiate itself and readapt to consumer trends
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The current ski market is a big one worldwide, mainly within Europe, North America and Japan. Therefore, the impacts of climate change on alpine resorts will results in wide decrease in this important market. Another issue is the fact that ski season will reduced which will have a negative economic impact for apline resorts. This is the reasons why strategies of adaptation have to be found as soon as possible, we could not control climate change but we could try to diminish its impacts.
As part as our multinational and tourists groups course, module 713, we have been asked to analyse three peer reviewed journal articles which evaluate the same issue at least in two different countries.
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Author: Johanne Neuffer, 703_e
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Elsasser, H., & Bürki, R. (2002). Climate change as a threat to tourism in the Alps. Climate Research, 20(3), 253-257.
Scott, D. (2003, April). Climate change and tourism in the mountain regions of North America. In 1st International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism (pp. 9-11).
Moen, J., & Fredman, P. (2007). Effects of climate change on alpine skiing in Sweden. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 15(4), 418-437.
The bed and breakfast sector is an important part of tourism. It is growing up very fast and the trend does not seem to stop – especially young people and travellers often decide to stay in a B&B.
What is a B&B? According to a dictionary, it is explained as:
(Dictionary Reference, 2013)
The main question is: Are bed and breakfast offers a real concurrence for hotels?
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Although World Heritage List (WHL) aims to protect historical and natural assets belonging to human being (Huang, Tsaur, & Yang, 2012), World Heritage Sites (WHS) are often used as a marketing tool in promoting a destination abroad, thus creating a dilemma. Heritage sites are thought to attract more tourists and therefore create new jobs and attract foreign investments and currency. But by attracting more tourist visitations, the threat of damage on a monument and its environment is also increasing. This model applies to any destination with a cultural, artistic or heritage offer.
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Anne Pittet
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Der Medizintourismus ist heute ein Trend, welcher in einigen Ländern einen regelrechten Boom erlebt und weiterhin ein enormes Potential aufweisen kann. Als erstes gilt es aber den Begriff richtig einzuordnen. Im stark wachsenden Markt Gesundheitstourismus gilt es zwischen dem klassischen Wellnesstourismus und Medizintourismus zu differenzieren. Während Wellness eine präventive Wirkung hat, reden wir beim Medizintourismus von einem reaktiven Effekt. Dies bedeutet, dass ausgebildetes medizinisches Personal eine entscheidende Rolle einnimmt und die Patienten eine bestimmte Krankheit in sich haben. Oftmals wird die eigentliche Operation anschliessend mit Ferien verbunden. In diesem Zusammenhang ist auch der Ausdruck “sun and surgery“ entstanden. Zu dieser Thematik haben wir drei wissenschaftliche Studien analysiert, welche die Situation in Kroatien, Ägypten und Indien aufzeigen.
Autoren: Frédéric Ruffiner, Nadine Rüdisühli 703b
