Health and wellness tourism in pandemic times: paradigms shifts and sustainability challenges

Abstract

The immediate consequences of coronavirus pandemic on tourism sector, triggered significant paradigm shifts on demand and also in the value of health and healthcare as synonymous of security in tourist destinations, conditioning its image, promotion and the economic development of the territories. This special issue is focused on the challenges and opportunities prompted by this new reality in the specific field of Health and Wellness Tourism, concerning its impacts on related businesses and in worldwide destinations that has a solid tradition related with Thermal Baths, Spas and even with Medical services and facilities regarding tourist purposes. [...]