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Failte Ireland Supports the Potential of Wellbeing Tourism Holidays once meant excesses of food, drink and sleep, but more and more people want experiences that deliver on physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Wellness holidays are no longer reserved for spa breaks but have expanded to include everything from walking and yoga to extreme fitness boot camps, hot springs, skiing, cycling, cooking classes, and personal discovery. Wellness tourism is now worth an estimated €600bn globally, growing twice as fast as general tourism. The wellness economy is alive and kicking in Ireland too. According to a recent report by research firm Euromonitor, it [...]

Ireland Is Famous for Its Wellbeing Nutrition and Food Experiences In this article we talk about how Ireland incorporates wellbeing tourism through its unique wellbeing food and nutrition resources. Some examples are provide but a more conclusive report is provided in the DETOUR Regional Audit of Ireland. You will gain a deeper understanding and awareness from an Irish perspective of how to incorporate food and nutrition as a high yield and fantastic tourism wellbeing experience opportunity. In the same section you will see a similar Audit for Iceland, Azores, Slovenia and Scotland Global Wellness Institute (GWI) examined 10 sectors with the [...]

Ireland Has Its Own Natural Unique Wellbeing Experiences In this article we talk about how Ireland incorporates wellbeing tourism through its unique wellbeing resources. Some examples are provide but a more conclusive report is provided in the DETOUR Regional Audit of Ireland to provide a deeper understanding and awareness from an Irish perspective. In the same section you will see a similar Audit for Iceland, Azores, Slovenia and Scotland Ireland combines its pampering with the nourishment of the island’s natural resources, such as mineral-rich seaweeds, with cutting-edge treatments from around the world. Seaweed is renowned for its therapeutic qualities; marine cure [...]

eucen is the largest multidisciplinary association of University Continuing Education and University Lifelong Learning institutions in Europe. It was founded in 1991 in Belgium, and has more than 150 members from 34 countries including 18 National/Regional Networks for University Lifelong Learning. The main mission of eucen is to promote Lifelong Learning within Higher Education Institutions in Europe and elsewhere; and to foster universities’ influence in the development of Lifelong Learning knowledge and policies throughout Europe. To fulfil this mission, eucen undertakes a number of processes, such as initiating and leading dialogue for innovation at European level; contributing to European Policy Development; [...]

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Failte Ireland Supports the Potential of Wellbeing Tourism in Ireland In this section we talk about how industry and government can support wellbeing tourism. Visit and explore how Ireland can formalise a Regional Wellbeing Tourism Action Plan here.  You will learn how Ireland can uniquely develop a regional wellbeing tourism destination with the support of local and national government, businesses and the wider community. In the same section you will see a similar Action plan for Iceland, Azores, Slovenia and Scotland In 2008, Fáilte Ireland, recognised the potential of the wellness sector, by developing a categorisation system and platform for health [...]

Scottish tourism and COVID-19: what’s the outlook for the sector? An extraordinarily uncertain outlook The outlook for tourism is extraordinarily uncertain worldwide, and recovery will depend on interlinked factors related to both the health crisis and the economy that touch on both the demand and supply side of tourism. These include: evolution of the pandemic and new variants rollout of the vaccine the lifting of travel restrictions survival and readiness of businesses throughout the business base impacts on consumer confidence and travel behaviour developments in the wider economy While the brief recovery in the summer months of 2020 had fuelled hopes [...]