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Introducing a conceptual model for wellbeing tourism – going beyond the triple bottom line of sustainability
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Organisation and Entrepreneurship. Linnaeus University, Linnaeus Knowledge Environments, Sustainable Health. (eXperience;SB WELL)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3863-2367
Whittier College, USA.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8392-5428
University of Lapland, Finland. (Arctisen)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7339-3261
2022 (English)In: International Journal of Spa and Wellness, ISSN 2472-1735, Vol. 5, no 1Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
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The need to re-envision alternative paradigms in tourism is becoming evident with the increasingly experienced climate change and degradation of life supporting ecosystem services, to which the tourism industry has a significant adverse contribution. Could tourism be re-envisioned to bring positive effects on social, environmental and individual wellbeing? In this paper, we present the outcome of an extensive literature review and a cross-border post card workshop with researchers and tourism officials. Drawing on this, a conceptual framework of a comprehensive, relational idea of wellbeing tourism is proposed, that extends beyond our current notion of sustainability and the widely used and accepted triple bottom line model (TBL). The suggested model proposes a shift from focusing on sustainability alone, to giving increased attention and value to integral health and to life quality. The paper highlights that wellbeing tourism can only truly be reached when all its suggested six pillars are fulfilled in a relative balance among the community related external ones (environment, economy, social; “sustainability”) and those that may be experienced as individual (body, mind, soul). The importance of wellbeing tourism supporting a society with the governing characteristics of happiness, harmony, and abundance, building collaborative and regenerative systems are emphasised.

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Taylor & Francis, 2022. Vol. 5, no 1
Keywords [en]
wellbeing, tourism, sustainability, harmony, abundance, life quality
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Tourism; Natural Science, Environmental Science; Economy, Ledarskap, entreprenörskap och organisation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-107548DOI: 10.1080/24721735.2021.1961077Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85130468936OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-107548DiVA, id: diva2:1603770
Available from: 2021-10-18 Created: 2021-10-18 Last updated: 2023-04-14Bibliographically approved

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Lindell, LaliSattari, SetayeshHöckert, Emily

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