My new blog entry at the Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group of the American Anthropological Association: WELLNESS AND SPIRITUAL TOURISM AFTER COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has raised public awareness of the many dimensions of wellness. Following the World Health Organization, wellness may be understood as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Wellness may also be understood as an orientation toward optimising one’s health and well-being, in which body, …
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We had a very fruitful and enjoyable Tea Time Chat on Southeast Asia, COVID-19 and Silver Linings! Massive massive thanks to all speakers (Prof. Kathleen Adams, Dr. GIang Phi, & Prof. Mary Mostafanezhad) for thoughtful insights, interesting examples and stories (from Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand), and inspiration! We had a very fruitful and enjoyable Tea Time Chat on Southeast Asia, COVID-19 and Silver Linings! Massive massive thanks to all speakers (Prof. Kathleen Adams, Dr. GIang Phi, & Prof. Mary Mostafanezhad) …
We had a really fruitful session today on wellness and spiritual tourism in a post covid-19 world. Massive thanks to all the speakers for the stimulating conversation! It was really nice to hear about various key issues from very diverse perspectives. Whilst wellness has become ever more important for everyone during this time, it is interesting to think about wellness tourism in the COVID context. The conversation revolved around key questions: What would we see and envisage as big changes …
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