This book offers a compilation of transdisciplinary contributions that demonstrate the features of the relationship between tourism, health, wellbeing and protected areas. Attention is given to case studies stemming from current and future trends around these topics. Many of these case studies take ...

This introductory chapter reflects on the themes of (1) tourism and protected areas' sustainability, and (2) health and wellbeing in protected areas, before outlining the section organization of the book.

This concluding chapter highlights the key contributions of the book with regard to theorizing the links between tourism, health and wellbeing in protected areas.

This chapter presents a multiple case study analysis to corroborate the role of strategic and participatory approaches for ecotourism development within protected areas. Three protected areas were selected: the Alpi Marittime Regional Park (Italy), the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley area of...

This chapter explores the relationship between tourism, wellbeing and cultural ecosystem services (CES) in the context of protected areas, especially national parks. A case study is presented of the Őrség National Park in Hungary, a protected area that attracts domestic and, increasingly,...

This chapter presents the case of the Sila National Park (SNP) located in southern Italy. Specifically, it discusses the results of a study that explored the views of visitors and residents towards the current forms of tourism offered in the area, with an aim to understand the role sustainable...

This chapter investigates whether wellness tourism can play a role in the regeneration of abandoned traditional coastal saltpans through the development of innovative economic activities aimed at maintaining its natural and cultural heritage. The chapter thus (i) explores the wellness tourism...

This chapter discusses how an approach to evidence-based health tourism product development can be used to effectively position tourism destinations. It puts forward an integrated conceptual model of natural resource-based health tourism product development based on examples of good practice that,...

This chapter presents the case of an international student competition where students had an active role in promoting the Fermo territory (Marche Region, Italy), through social media by leveraging on Mediterranean diet lifestyle and associated health and wellbeing benefits. The main aim is to...

This chapter explores the ways in which medical voluntourism (i.e., where health professionals travel to another country to provide medical services) contributes to community health and wellbeing in Haiti, particularly in issues such as malnutrition, water access/sanitation and waste disposal. It...