{"id":3227,"date":"2016-05-16T10:12:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T10:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2016-05-08T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T13:41:04","slug":"new-paper-exploring-well-being-as-a-tourism-product-resource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/2016\/05\/16\/new-paper-exploring-well-being-as-a-tourism-product-resource\/","title":{"rendered":"New Paper : Exploring well-being as a tourism product resource"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sarah Pyke<\/a>, <\/sup>Heather Hartwell<\/a>,\u00a0Adam Blake<\/a>,\u00a0Ann Hemingway<\/a>, 2016,\u00a0Exploring well-being as a tourism product resource,\u00a0\u00a0Tourism Management<\/a>,\u00a0Volume 55<\/a>, August 2016, Pages 94\u2013105<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022Tourism and public health sectors are merging around the concept of well-being.<\/dt>\n
\u2022Stakeholder views on using well-being as a tourism product resource are explored.<\/dt>\n
\u2022Barriers and enablers of implementing well-being into tourism strategy are outlined.<\/dt>\n
\u2022The potential to transform the identified barriers into enablers is discussed.<\/dt>\n
\u2022Findings are mapped onto a public health model and applied in a tourism context.<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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Abstract<\/h2>\n

This study employs a qualitative research approach where focus groups (n\u00a0=\u00a011) with key stakeholders were used to understand how tourism investors view the concept of well-being in relation to tourism and the potential to use it as a tourism product resource. Findings validated by a wider group (n\u00a0=\u00a050) exposed the barriers and enablers of implementing well-being in this way. The potential for businesses and policymakers to transform these barriers into enablers was also identified. In addition, study findings were mapped onto a robust model extracted from the public health sector and applied in a tourism context using a systems theory approach. This further highlighted the potential offered to the fields of public health and tourism in the concept of well-being, and demonstrated the well-being value of tourism. Data from this research will aid tourism business practice and development by embedding a well-being philosophy for tourism destinations’ strategies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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