Current Trends and Issues in Tourism and Hospitality Management

As I mentioned everything is changing. One of the new trends in tourism management is medical tourism. The concept of medical tourism is not a new one. The history cites that even in the early times, people have been traveling to other countries for health purposes. Nowadays many people are stuck in their daily routine and all they do is work. All they can think about is how to earn more money. In such a way they will be provided with all those great goods they think they need for a better life. The thing is, it can be very stressful and that is the reason they forget about their health. Spa centrums and sanatoriums, also considered as an early form of medical tourism, can give a chance to forget about everything. Turkey, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary – these are only a few worldwide destinations which are popular for medical travel.1
Another new trend is extreme tourism or shock tourism. It is a type of niche tourism involving travel to dangerous places – mountains, jungles, deserts – or participation in dangerous events. …