Wellness tourists: in search of transformation.

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Impact of experience on emotional well-being and loyalty (2018, background): “The Voigt et al. (2011) motivation scale consisted of twenty-four items with a seven-point Likertresponse format, ranging from 1 (not at all important) to 7 (extremely important) The motivation section prompted respondents to reflect on their most recent spa visit and rate the importance of each…”
Yoga tourism – a catalyst for transformation? (2019, background): “Voigt, Brown, and Howat (2011) conducted a quantitative study which revealed six benefits of wellness tourism; namely transcendence, physical health and appearance, escapism and relaxation, importance of community, re-establishing self-esteem and indulgence.”
Examining transformative processes in volunteer tourism (2018, background): “…Hudson and Inkson (2006), Zahra and McIntosh (2007), Tomazos and Butler (2010) and Saunders et al. (2013) offer qualitative data in the form of “thick descriptions” or in the case of Voigt, Brown, and Howat (2011), a quantitative survey to explore the transformative benefits of wellness tourism.”
Tourism and Existential Transformation: An Empirical Investigation (2017, background): “…within a person is not new and has been discussed, for example, in the context of pilgrimage (Devereux and Carnegie 2006), backpacking (e.g. Noy 2004), international sojourn (e.g. Brown 2009), volunteer tourism (e.g. Bailey and Russell 2010), and wellness travel (e.g. Voigt, Brown, and Howat 2011).”