Tourism consumer trends

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On September 09, 2008 Theodore Koumelis published an article, “What this growing international trend means for the travel industry”. This article explains what the increased confidence in online bookings means for the travel industry. The article can be found on: http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/27010. A research report from Search Engine Optimisation provided the author with data on […]

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Thailand is aggressively promoted as the health care center of the Asian region, aiming to attract 265.000 Indonesian visitors this year. Thailand focuses on the Indonesian market because of the country’s large population and the growth in visitors seeking medical care abroad along with their shopping. The expectancy of growth in visitor numbers is […]

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The EU is planning to introduce new rules which will allow dissatisfied British medical and dental patients to receive treatment in a member state of their choice – and reclaim all or part of the cost from the NHS. This situation makes that, according to recent figures from a private medical insurer, more than […]

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The article ‘Medical tourism: Sea, sun, sand and…surgery’ was written by John Connell in 2005 and published on sciencedirect.com in 2006.

In this article the author discusses the emergence of a new and distinct niche in the tourist industry: medical tourism. “[…] the attempt to achieve better health while on holiday […] has been taken […]

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Adventure Tourism is known as nature- based or commercial recreation. The adventure sector is a trillion- dollar industry, because of the recreational equipment and residential components. According to the tourism industry outdoor tourism, largely adventure makes up at leas one- fifth of the global tourism industry. The commercial adventure tourism sector is only growing, […]