Examining the information provided on websites: an application to the thermal spas from the Central Region of Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Barroco, Cristina
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Antunes, Joaquim, Amaro, Suzanne
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/4136
Resumo: Wellness and Spa Tourism represents a leading role in the tourism industry. According to a study conducted by the Global Wellness Institute (2013) this niche tourism is growing faster than the overall tourism industry. In Portugal, health and wellness tourism has also had a significant growth and is considered one of the ten strategic products of the country. According to information available from Turismo de Portugal (2015), there are 41 spas in Portugal, 19 of them located in the Central Region. The aim of this paper is to analyze the use of Information and Communication Technologies, more specifically, websites, as an essential tool for advertising the health and wellness offer of the Spas in the Central Region. Thus, the quality of these Spa’s Websites were analyzed using various indicators. The information obtained is a basis for the implementation of strategies to make the Spas more competitive.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Examining the information provided on websites: an application to the thermal spas from the Central Region of Portugal
title Examining the information provided on websites: an application to the thermal spas from the Central Region of Portugal
spellingShingle Examining the information provided on websites: an application to the thermal spas from the Central Region of Portugal
Barroco, Cristina
Spas
Websites
Health and Wellness Tourism
title_short Examining the information provided on websites: an application to the thermal spas from the Central Region of Portugal
title_full Examining the information provided on websites: an application to the thermal spas from the Central Region of Portugal
title_fullStr Examining the information provided on websites: an application to the thermal spas from the Central Region of Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Examining the information provided on websites: an application to the thermal spas from the Central Region of Portugal
title_sort Examining the information provided on websites: an application to the thermal spas from the Central Region of Portugal
author Barroco, Cristina
author_facet Barroco, Cristina
Antunes, Joaquim
Amaro, Suzanne
author_role author
author2 Antunes, Joaquim
Amaro, Suzanne
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Barroco, Cristina
Antunes, Joaquim
Amaro, Suzanne
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Spas
Websites
Health and Wellness Tourism
topic Spas
Websites
Health and Wellness Tourism
description Wellness and Spa Tourism represents a leading role in the tourism industry. According to a study conducted by the Global Wellness Institute (2013) this niche tourism is growing faster than the overall tourism industry. In Portugal, health and wellness tourism has also had a significant growth and is considered one of the ten strategic products of the country. According to information available from Turismo de Portugal (2015), there are 41 spas in Portugal, 19 of them located in the Central Region. The aim of this paper is to analyze the use of Information and Communication Technologies, more specifically, websites, as an essential tool for advertising the health and wellness offer of the Spas in the Central Region. Thus, the quality of these Spa’s Websites were analyzed using various indicators. The information obtained is a basis for the implementation of strategies to make the Spas more competitive.
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