国外健康旅游发展进程研究

The Analysis of Foreign Research on Health Tourism Development

健康旅游作为一种新兴的旅游形式出现后发展迅速,理论界也随之开始研究这一领域,从研究现状来看,还处于起步阶段。从健康旅游的定义讲起,指出其概念和产品边界还未达到统一;对健康旅游的国外相关研究文献进行了综述,指出除传统的保健旅游产品(如Spa),以医疗护理、疾病、康复与休养为主题的医疗旅游产品也不断受到欢迎,健康旅游已涉及保健、养生、医疗和旅游等多个行业;对健康旅游未来研究领域进行了预测。

As a newly emerging form of traveling, the health tourism develops rapidly. Therefore Theorists began to study this domain, and it is in the initial stage. This paper discusses the origin of the health tourism, sums up the definitions of the health tourism, and points out that the concept of the health tourism has not come to unification. Further, this paper summarizes rele- vant research literatures, and illustrates medical tourism which relates to medical care, disease treatment, physical rehabilitation and recuperation, and which is among the fastest growing sectors, besides traditional the health tourism product （for example, Spa）. So, the health tourism has involved the health care, the keeping in good health, the medical service and the tourism and so on. Finally, this paper forecasts the future research fields of the health tourism.