Introduction to wellness and tourism / Pauline Sheldon and Robyn Bushell -- Quality of life, tourism and wellness / Robyn Bushell -- Vacation as preventive medicine / Sevil Sonmez and Yorghos Apostolopoulos -- Wellness tourism and health promotion : healthy tourists and healthy environments / Brent Powis and Zina O'Leary -- Holistic tourism : integrating body, mind and spirit / Catherine Kelly and Melanie Smith -- Case study yoga tourism / Jane Ali Knight -- Development of a wellness tourism destination / Pauline Sheldon and Sun-Young Park -- Constructing feelings of wellness in tourist performance / David Crouch -- Promoting wellbeing via multi-sensory tourism / Graham Dann and Kristin Berg Nordstrand -- Canadian health and wellness tourism : synergies and challenges / Peter Williams -- Case study harnessing spa and wellness tourism opportunities : an Australian experience / Christine White -- Outdoor adventure tourism, wellness and place attachment / Cory Kulczycki and Michael Lück -- Wellness through spiritual tourism encounters / Yoel Mansfeld and Alison McIntosh -- Transformative travel : inspiring sustainability / Garth Lean -- Medical tourism : an Asian perspective / Joan Hendersen -- Conclusion: Wellness tourism and the future / Robyn Bushell and Pauline Sheldon -- Case study: Wellness as a tourist motivation : a case of Taiwan / Joseph Chen and Nina Prebensen.