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      Health tourism in China: a 40-year bibliometric analysis

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      Tourism Review
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          Abstract

          Purpose

          The purpose of this study is to systematically analyze the evolution of health tourism development, identify relevant themes and segments of health tourism research and offer future research directions and practical implications for academic researchers and tourism practitioners worldwide using China as an example.

          Design/methodology/approach

          Using a bibliometric analysis, the present study comprehensively analyzes the theme, segments and the evolution of health tourism research over the past 40 years in China.

          Findings

          Major findings show that health tourism research in China could be divided into four stages with different characteristics, and three segments, including wellness tourism, health and wellness tourism and medical tourism. Findings also reveal the trend of health tourism development tends to be industrialized, diversified and systematic under the guidance of recent policies. Theoretically, based on the theoretical framework developed by Hall (2011), the present study contributes to the establishment and extension of the framework for health tourism within the context of China. Practically, findings can provide health tourism-related policy implications for the future development of health or health sector-integrated tourism.

          Research limitations/implications

          The study proposes possible collaboration between government and academia in terms of health tourism-related policy formulation.

          Originality/value

          Through 40-year bibliometric analysis of health tourism evolution in China, the present study explores the main themes of health tourism development, identifies the segments of health tourism and analyzes the development stages of health tourism. Findings should be of use to international readers to better understand the uniqueness of health tourism development and find out possible future health tourism development research directions. As a result, major contributions of this paper are the comprehensive analysis of the evolution of health tourism research and the implications on other countries and regions to adopt a pragmatic approach to explore the trend and unique characteristics of health tourism for future development.

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          目的

          本研究旨在系统地分析中国健康旅游的演变过程, 探索健康旅游研究的相关主题及细分领域, 并为全球学术研究人员及旅游从业者提供未来的研究方向。

          设计/研究方法

          此研究通过文献计量学的研究方法, 全面分析了中国近40年健康旅游研究的主题、细分以及演变。

          结果

          中国健康旅游研究根据其发展特点可以分为四个阶段及三个细分主题:分别是养生旅游, 康养旅游及医疗旅游。调查结果还表明, 在近期政策的引导下, 健康旅游发展趋于产业化、多元化和系统化。从理论意义来说, 本研究基于Hall (2011) 提出的理论框架, 构建了中国背景下的健康旅游框架。从实践意义来说, 研究结果可以为健康和旅游业相关部门提供政策建议。

          启示

          此研究还有助于促进政府和学术界在健康旅游政策制定方面的合作。

          原创性

          此研究通过对中国近40年健康旅游的研究进行文献计量分析, 探索了健康旅游发展的主题, 分析了健康旅游的细分市场以及发展阶段。研究结果有助于学术界及旅游业更好地了解健康旅游发展的独特性及未来健康旅游的研究方向。因此, 本研究的主要贡献是全面地分析了健康旅游研究的演变, 并有助于其他国家/地区探索未来健康旅游的发展趋势和其独特特征。

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          Objetivo

          El propósito del presente estudio es analizar sistemáticamente la evolución del desarrollo del turismo de salud, identificar temas y segmentos relevantes de la investigación en turismo de salud y ofrecer direcciones de investigación futuras e implicaciones prácticas para investigadores académicos y profesionales del turismo en todo el mundo utilizando a China como ejemplo.

          Diseño/metodología/método

          Mediante un análisis bibliométrico, el presente estudio analiza exhaustivamente la temática, los segmentos y la evolución de la investigación sobre turismo de salud en los últimos 40 años.

          Resultados

          Los principales hallazgos muestran que la investigación del turismo de salud en China podría dividirse en cuatro etapas con diferentes características y tres segmentos, incluido el turismo de bienestar, el turismo de salud y bienestar y el turismo médico. Los hallazgos también revelan que la tendencia del desarrollo del turismo de salud tiende a ser industrializado, diversificado y sistemático bajo la guía de políticas recientes. El presente estudio hace aportes tanto teóricos como prácticos. Teóricamente, basado en el marco teórico desarrollado por Hall (2011), el presente estudio contribuye al establecimiento y extensión del marco para el turismo de salud en el contexto de China. En la práctica, los hallazgos pueden proporcionar implicaciones políticas relacionadas con el turismo de salud para el desarrollo futuro de la salud o el turismo integrado en el sector de la salud.

          Implicaciones

          El estudio también propone una posible colaboración entre el gobierno y la academia en términos de formulación de políticas relacionadas con el turismo de salud.

          Originalidad/valor

          A través del análisis bibliométrico de 40 años de la evolución del turismo de salud, el presente estudio explora los temas principales del desarrollo del turismo de salud, identifica los segmentos del turismo de salud y analiza las etapas de desarrollo del turismo de salud. Los hallazgos deberían ser de utilidad para los lectores internacionales para comprender mejor la singularidad del desarrollo del turismo de salud y descubrir posibles direcciones futuras de investigación sobre el desarrollo del turismo de salud. Como resultado, las principales contribuciones de este documento son el análisis exhaustivo de la evolución de la investigación en turismo de salud y las implicaciones en otros países y regiones para adoptar un enfoque pragmático para explorar la tendencia y las características únicas del turismo de salud para el desarrollo futuro.

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                Journal
                Tourism Review
                TR
                Emerald
                1660-5373
                1660-5373
                December 06 2022
                January 20 2023
                December 06 2022
                January 20 2023
                : 78
                : 1
                : 203-217
                Article
                10.1108/TR-03-2022-0112
                3c7ad2bf-83b9-470f-bf6f-056801e8cdeb
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