The Covid-19 pandemic along with the increasing pressure of life makes us realize the importance of having good health both physically and mentally. This is also the time when the health care resort trend takes over as an effective therapy to help balance the body. So what is the trend of health care resorts? Let’s find out with MP-HOLDINGS in today’s article.
1.What is the trend of health care resorts?
The health care resort trend is a combination of traditional tourism and mental and physical health care suitable for each age group with the aim of improving health and increasing happiness.
Specifically, health care tourism does not focus much on sightseeing activities but promotes health-beneficial experiences such as hot mineral baths, cycling, meditation, yoga or massage. At the same time, direct tourists to healthy living and eating habits that are good for their health.
Not simply a trip with good physical care services, but the above interesting experiences are also a perfect mental therapy, helping you temporarily forget the stresses of life, effective inspiration.
2. Healthcare resort trends in the world
This is a type of tourism that is no longer new to many countries around the world. The first countries to pioneer this type are Japan with Onsen baths, Korea with salt stone baths or tours combining meditation and yoga in India and Thailand. These countries have exploited the development potential of the region very well, promoting implementation at the right time when people’s need for health care resorts is increasing.
Based on a report by the Global Wellness Institute (GWI), the global wellness tourism industry from 2017-2021 has reached 639 billion USD and is expected to increase to 919 billion USD by 2024. And in 5 years Recently, Asia has always ranked first in the number of trips and revenue from health care tourism. And what is worth noting is that the locations for developing health care tourism are not central areas but rather “remote” areas that are gradually being exploited.
3. Potential for developing healthcare resort tourism in Vietnam
Vietnam has many advantages to develop health care tourism such as: a long coastline, many beautiful landscapes and traditional medicine with a system of precious herbal sources and a system of natural hot springs. Great natural environment, especially subtropical climate, rich cuisine and much lower travel costs than many other Asian countries – compatible with the needs of domestic and foreign tourists.
In addition to the potential of natural resources and facilities, Vietnam has relatively high consumption and spending on health care tourism. The middle and upper classes are growing more and more.
Exploiting the above potentials, currently in Vietnam there are also many health care-oriented resorts such as hot mineral spring tourism, Onsen hot mineral resort urban area Quang Hanh-Quang Ninh, Onsen urban area Beauty Quang Xuong – Thanh Hoa and Wyndham Thanh Thuy Urban Resort – Phu Tho province operate according to the Japanese Onsen model or some tourist areas that provide mud bath, spa, sauna, and massage services such as Tram Egg (Khanh Hoa), V-resort (Hoa Binh), Saigon-Binh Chau hot mineral tourist area (Vung Tau).
Besides the potential, there are also many challenges for the health care resort trend, however this is an investment and sustainable development opportunity with extremely great potential. MP-HOLDINGS believes that: “We will stay ahead of the trend and create quality health resort urban areas, serving the majority of tourists not only in the Vietnamese market but also in the international market.” .
