Development and Verification of the Wellness Tourism Experience Scale

Wellness tourism is a significant way to improve physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects. However, an appropriate scale for measuring the wellness tourism experience in academic research remains lacking. Most existing research had measured wellness tourism experience using full or part of the...

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Published in:Journal of travel research 2025-01, Vol.64 (1), p.158-171
Main Authors: Li, Yaoqi, Deng, Qiaoqiao, Peng, Fei, He, Mang
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