Wellness tourism is regarded as a subcategory of health tourism
(Mueller and Lanz Kaufmann, 2001; Nahrstedt, 2004). Several
researchers have classified health tourism products into medical
or non-medical groups according to the product features
and services. The medical group refers to medical tourism with
a primary focus on medical treatment and a secondary focus
on leisure travel. The non-medical group is focused solely on
wellness without medical interventions, the prevention of illness
for healthy tourists, and tourism activities that actively promote
health instead of the negatively approach of preventing illness
(Harahsheh, 2002; Mueller and Lanz Kaufmann, 2001). Additionally,
Jallad (2000) classified health tourism into medical tourism
and wellness tourism, medical tourism aims to treat an illness
or facilitate physical recovery following surgery through stays in
a hospital or medical center to receive care, whereas wellness
tourism aims to provide relaxation, leisure, and an escape from
daily stresses to disease-free tourists through stays in health spa
resorts.