The WelDest Project team is very pleased to
announce that our project has come to a successful completion and the results
are now freely available to the public.
WelDest – Health
and Well-being in Tourism Destination – was a project funded with support
by the European Commission, and which saw the collaboration of five higher
education institutes from Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany and the
United Kingdom. The aim of the project was to create a framework and toolkit
for destination management organisations, public bodies and private companies
in destinations looking to develop or strengthen themselves as health and
well-being destinations.
The main outputs of the project is the
e-handbook, Developing a Competitive Health and Well-being Destination,
which brings together theory on the major concepts related to health and
well-being tourism, along with practical suggestions for the industry and case
studies illustrating best practices.
The companion to the e-handbook is the
self-assessment and development tool, designed for destinations looking to
assess their potential as health well-being destinations and identify their
strengths and weaknesses or gaps in the development process. Academic
institutions or organizations from the industry can also take advantage of the
course design that accompanies these outputs, and which can be used to guide
courses or training on the topic of health and well-being destination
development. Both the self-assessment tool and the course can be accessed
through the links on p.2 of the e-handbook.
We are delighted to be able to share these
results with the public, and hope that whether you are in academia or in the private
or the public sector, you will find them both useful and beneficial.
