Wellness Travel and Leisure Experience In Turbulent Times

In these turbulent times, where the world is full of chaotic, uncertain and difficult periods, travel and leisure have shifted from traditional sense of mere sightseeing to emotional recovery and mental wellbeing. Wellness travel enhances personal well-being through holistic health, fitness, nutrition, relaxation, and mental rejuvenation practices.

‘Wellness Travel’ includes Physical wellness, Emotional wellness, Intellectual wellness, Social wellness, Spiritual Wellness, Environmental wellness and occupational wellness. There should be a balance between all the dimensions of Wellness. In the similar manner, 'Leisure’ is the time spent which is free from work, duties, or other obligations, during which an individual can take rest, relax and can engage in joyful activities. In the modern life, we have to explore leisure through different theoretical lenses to comprehend and explain how people utilize free time as wellness travel. Sociological approaches of leisure include the theory of the leisure class, Marxist and Neo-Marxist, Structural-functionalism, Feminist Perspectives and Postmodernism. Other approaches of leisure are Psychological and Philosophical.

In wellness travel, traveler’s plan for Nature focused journeys, (forests, deserts, sea, lakes, rivers, beaches, mountains), look for holistic therapies, meditation, yoga and digital detoxes to alleviate anxiety and stress by allowing time to explore destinations and diminish fatigue. They may either travel as solo or with a group. Also navigating travel during turbulent times requires heightened preparation and adaptability.

This session invites scholars to write abstracts and research papers on different aspects of wellness travel and leisure experiences in the turbulent world with suitable theoretical orientation.