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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COVID-19 has hit tourism-reliant destinations hard. The Indonesian island of Bali, for example, where 70% of the population depend on tourism, has seen extensive job and income losses since it closed its borders in April. The economic impact so far has been greater than that of the Bali bombings of 2002, with losses of around 9.7 trillion rupiah (about £551.3 million) a month. In the past, the island’s image as a peaceful paradise with a rich cultural and religious heritage has made it a highly resilient tourist destination. Bali recovered …
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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