The emerging concept of travel therapy in health science: Will it be applied to tourists visiting sub-frigid climate zones?

Jun Wen; Danni Zheng; Fangli Hu

doi:10.2478/fzm-2022-0027

The emerging concept of travel therapy in health science: Will it be applied to tourists visiting sub-frigid climate zones?

doi: 10.2478/fzm-2022-0027

Jun Wen^{1
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Danni Zheng²,
Fangli Hu³

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School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Perth 6027, Australia
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Department of Tourism, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Centre for Precision Health Edith Cowan University, Perth 6027, Australia

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Corresponding author: Jun Wen, E-mail: j.wen@ecu.edu.au

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Figure 1. Travel therapy, even at sub-frigid climate zones, benefits many tourist segments

SHS, suboptimal health status.

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