• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.180-184
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• 2024

Since COVID-19, many foreign tourists have visited Korea for medical tourism. When statistical data were checked from 2022, after COVID-19, the number of foreign patients visiting Korea for two years was 24.8 million, an increase of 70.1% from 2020. It was confirmed that it has achieved a 50% level compared to 2019 (Statistics Office, 2023). Therefore, to create a development plan by linking medical tourism and wellness tourism, the purpose of this study is to find the link between medical tourism and wellness tourism as big data and present a development plan. In this research method, medical tourism, and wellness tourism for two years from 2022 to 2023 from the post-COVID period as big data are set as central keywords to compare text data to find common points. When analyzing wellness tourism and medical tourism, it was confirmed that most wellness tourism had a greater frequency than medical tourism. This confirmed that wellness tourism occupies a larger pie than medical tourism. As a result, when checking the word frequency, it was confirmed that wellness tourism and medical tourism share a lot as complex tourism products, and when checking 2-gram, to attract many medical tourists, it is necessary to combine medical tourism clusters and wellness tourism according to each other's characteristics among local governments.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.183-195
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• 2021

본 연구는 웰니스관광 수요가 증대되고 있는 가운데 관련 문헌연구와 온라인 면접조사를 통해 우리나라와 정책적 유사성을 가진 일본과의 웰니스 관련 관광정책 동향을 비교 분석하여 국내 웰니스관광에 대한 정책적 시사점을 강구하였다. 조사 결과, 웰니스관광 관련 개념은 한일 양국 간 큰 차이는 없으나, 일본의 경우 치유(힐링)관광보다 헬스투어리즘이나 웰니스관광 개념사용이 보편화되어 있는 것으로 나타났다. 웰니스관광정책은 정책주체의 유연성과 정책의 효율성, 관련 인증 및 인력양성 분야는 일본이, 정책의 추진력과 제도적 정비는 우리나라가 보다 체계적인 것으로 분석되었다. 우리나라도 일본의 NPO법인 헬스투어리즘진흥기구나 산림테라피소사이어티 사례와 같이 웰니스관광협의체를 구축하고, 웰니스관광의 체계적 인증 및 관련 인력양성의 질적 관리를 통해 정책의 효율성을 제고할 필요가 있다고 판단되었다. 또한 웰니스관광의 산업화를 위해서는 지역별 특화된 웰니스자원을 유기적으로 연계함으로써 웰니스관광의 치유적 효능과 상품적 가치를 제고시킬 필요가 있으며, 포스트 코로나 시대를 대비한 웰니스관광정책의 방향과 대응전략에 대한 심도있는 분석과 웰니스관광지에 대한 실증적 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2024

Purpose: The current research has investigated the question of how wellness tourism can be optimized to serve the diverse needs of its participants better while ensuring sustainable and inclusive growth. It will help design and implement better health and tourism policies to improve health and tourism policies to improve societies and economies. Research design, data and methodology: This research adopts a systematic literature review approach in collecting and synthesizing previous research works contained in the study to develop the result discussed in the next section. This review adheres to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist. Results: The findings of this research have indicated total of four brief suggestions to answer the research question, such as (1) Integration of Health and Wellness Programs in Mainstream Tourism, (2) Economic Revitalization of Rural and Underdeveloped Areas, (3) Enhancement of Public Health through Preventive Wellness, (4) Promotion of Sustainable Tourism Practices. Conclusions: Finally, this research concludes that incorporating health and wellness programs into mainstream tourism is a strategic focal area in hospitality practice. By raising the stakes in, for example, physical activities, beauty treatments, healthy meals, and mental health sessions, old-fashioned hotels or resorts can broaden their client base.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.19-35
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• 2021

Purpose : Recently, there has been a growing social interest in aging well. Consequently, wellness tourism has begun to attract attention. However, no studies on whether wellness tourism has any objective health benefits have been carried out yet. In this study, we assess the health benefits as well as the degree of improvement in health of a wellness tourism program. Methods : The study involved 30 adults over the age of 19 who live in the Gyeongsangnam-do region. Participants were evaluated on health indicator before and after participating in wellness tourism program. Participants took heart rate variability (HRV) test, and LFT, RFT, CBC, FBS HbA1C, and CRP test were conducted before and after the tour. Additionally, a survey was conducted before and after the program, and participant satisfaction was evaluated. Statistical differences in the tests conducted before and after the program were analyzed using a design t-test, a Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and McNemar's test. Results : The study showed that participants were very satisfied with and had significant health improvements after the wellness tourism program. The program was also found to be beneficial in improving participants' emotions as follows: BDI (p<.001), fatigue recovery (p=.006), stress relief (p=.003), improved quality of life (p<.05), and improved sleep quality (p<.001). Conclusion : Wellness tourism programs are specifically beneficial for improving participants' emotions (depression, anxiety), fatigue, stress levels, quality of life, and sleep. Therefore, they are beneficial to the overall health. Further research in the future by way of a follow-up study on the long-term effects on health after short-term interventions will provide more validation data.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.264-274
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 웰빙관광만족도와 삶의 질사이에서 웰니스의 매개효과를 살펴보는 것이다. 웰빙관광이 삶의 질에 최근 웰빙관광이 증가하고 있음에도 불구하고 웰빙관광의 동기요인들을 통한 웰빙관광의 만족도가 삶의 질에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구 부족으로 인해 각 변인간의 영향 관계를 살펴보았다. 위와 같은 연구결과를 얻기 위하여 본 연구는 2021년 5월 10일부터 5월 21일까지 웰빙관광을 경험 해본 수도권 지역의 일반인 총 236명을 조사 대상으로 하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 웰빙관광동기요인은 웰빙관광만족도에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 웰빙관광만족도는 삶의 질에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 웰니스는 웰빙관광만족도와 삶의 질 사이의 관계를 매개하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 시사점은 웰니스의 매개변수를 활용하여 웰빙관광이 삶의 질에 미치는 영향을 규명하는데 있다. 이를 통해 웰빙관광이 웰니스를 추구하는 웰빙관광객들에게 긍정적인 영향을 주어 삶의 질이 제고된다는 것을 확인하여 일상생활의 피로감이나 코로나 장기화로 인한 피로감을 해소하는데 웰빙관광이 효과적이라는 점을 밝혀냄으로서 웰빙관광 활성화에 기여하였다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.317-323
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• 2019

최근 웰니스 문화 및 치유관광에 대한 사회적 수요가 증대되고 있는 가운데 문헌조사 및 사례연구를 통해 치유관광 목적지로서 강원도의 치유관광 여건을 검토하고, 강원도형 치유관광의 발전 과제 및 웰니스 관점의 상품화 방안을 고찰하였다. 조사 결과, 강원 영동권은 자연적 자원을 기반으로 한 우수한 치유기반 여건을 지니고 있는 것으로 파악되었으나, 지자체 간에 치유관광사업의 개발 컨텐츠나 사업 아이템이 중복되거나 계획단계에 머무르고 있어 중복투자를 방지하고 서로 연계하여 시너지 효과를 창출할 수 있도록 유기적인 협력이 요구되는 것으로 조사되었다. 주 사례지로 검토한 고성군의 경우, 실버치유관광으로서의 잠재력이 높은 것으로 분석되었으며, 지역의 특화된 자원과 연계한 테라피 프로그램을 중심으로 치유관광 대상별 웰니스 상품화 전략을 모색하고 강원 영동권의 지역별 강점을 효과적으로 연계 특화시켜 나간다면 실버 및 건강지향형 관광객을 타겟으로 하는 웰니스 관광상품 개발 운영의 지역적 성공 사례로 자리매김 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2017년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.447-449
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• 2017

본 연구는 웰니스 관광객의 스마트폰 사용 행태 조사를 통하여 관련 마케팅 시사점을 도출하는데 있다. 최근 건강과 관련한 예방 치료서비스와 관광활동이 접목된 웰니스 관광이 급속한 확대를 보이고 있다. 특히 스마트폰 사용이 웰니스 활동에 얼마나 영향을 받고 있는지와 같은 행태를 분석하는 것은 큰 의미가 있다. 본 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위하여 관광객을 대상으로 한 설문지를 통하여 스마트폰의 정보들이 웰니스 관광객의 영향 여부를 분석한다. 이를 위하여 본 연구에서는 2017년 4월에 관광객 230명을 대상으로 설문 조사를 실시했으며, 웰니스 활동과 스마트폰 관련 설문 항목들을 분석하였다. 본 분석을 통하여 최종적으로는 웰니스 관광객들의 스마트폰 사용자들의 행동 조사 및 분석을 통해 관련된 기업과의 연계로 실질적이고, 의미 있는 시사점을 관련 관광산업공급자에게 제공할 수 있다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.322-329
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• 2017

Recently, the importance of personalized healthcare(wellness) services is increasing in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution. However, the authoring of wellness contents fused with variety of contents and the study of the system which provides the customized recommendation are insufficient. In this paper, we proposes the recommendation service system for the customized convergence wellness contents. The proposed system makes to the wellness contents by the existing cultural/tourism/leisure contents and recommends the customized wellness contents based on a user's profile and the situation information such as location and weather. The proposed systems is expected to contribute to designing the innovative and new service models for the tailored wellness content.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.223-230
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• 2019

Purpose : Wellness tourism is defined as travel for the purpose of promoting health and well-being through physical, psychological, or spiritual activities. The development and verification of a comprehensive wellness program for health care for workers is needed. The purpose of this study is to investigate the wellness and skin health effects of skin health programs in order to develop high-value health care services. Methods : The subjects were 15 middle-aged women who understood the research and volunteered and participated in the two-day skin health wellness program. Participants were measured to determine their wellness index and skin health twice: before and after participating in the program. Wellness index measures include comprehensive wellness, physical wellness, mental wellness, emotional wellness, social/cultural wellness, financial wellness, and environmental wellness. Skin health measurement items consisted of skin oil, skin water, skin pore, skin elasticity, skin wrinkle, and skin pigment. The skin wellness program included aerobic exercise, endurance exercise, functional food, cosmetics, herbal tea, massages, spa treatments, meditation, and marine leisure sports. The t-test analysis was used to compare the difference between wellness index and skin health measurement items before and after the program. Results : Among the wellness index items, the comprehensive wellness index (p<.05), mental wellness index (p<.05) and environmental wellness index (p<.05) showed statistically significant differences. Among skin health items, skin oil (p<.05), skin elasticity (p<.01) and skin wrinkle (p<.01) all showed statistically significant differences. There was no statistically significant difference in physical wellness, emotional wellness, social/cultural wellness, financial wellness, skin water, skin pore and skin pigment. Conclusion : This study confirmed that the two-day complex wellness program is an effective program for some items of wellness index and skin health.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.127-136
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing involvement of rural healing tourism participants. The hierarchical regression analysis was applied for this study. In the first stage, age, educational level, and motivation(physical cure) had a positive effect on involvement. However, Occupation(public officials/faculty staff) had a negative effect on involvement. In the second stage, age, educational level, motivation(physical cure), and propensity to pursue wellness had a positive effect on involvement. In the third stage, age, educational level, propensity to pursue wellness, attention restoration awareness, and rural healing tourism satisfaction had a positive effect on involvement. The results of this study show that not only the characteristics of rural healing tourists, but also positive experiences in healing tourism have the greatest influence on tourists' involvement. The results of this study suggest practical implications for how to effectively increase the degree of tourists' involvement in healing tourism.