1、1600 单词， 9000 英文字符， 2850 汉字 出处 : Lee C F, King B. Assessing Destination Competitiveness: An Application to the Hot Springs Tourism SectorJ. Tourism & Hospitality Planning & Development, 2006, 3(3):179-197. 原文 Assessing Destination Competitiveness: An Application to the Hot Springs Tourism Sector CF
2、Lee， B King Introduction Taking the waters at spas has been widely reported as one of the earliest forms of tourism (Smith and Jenner, 2000). Although enthusiasm for such activity has waxed and waned over time, travellers have persistently sought the rejuvenating and curative powers of certain water
3、s. In what is now England, visitors travelled to Bath during the period of the Rome Empire to bathe in the warm springs and mineral waters and to drink the water for its alleged health benefits (Hembry, 1989). There is also evidence of health-related travel occurring elsewhere in ancient times, nota
4、bly along the Nile River in Africa, the Ganges in India, the Yangtze in China and the River Jordan. The impulse to bathe in these rivers appears to have been prompted by a belief that participants would be cleansed physically and spiritually (Goodrich, 1993). Moving forward to the early years of the
5、 21st century, the use of leisure time to pursue activities that will contribute positively to health and well-being is likely to grow, prompted by the accelerating pace of life. The belief that taking the waters contributes to physical and emotional well-being persists and continues to provide an i
6、mpulse for spa visitors. Spa tourism is emerging as a significant component of the health tourism phenomenon (Hall, 2003). International market trends indicate that spa visitation is a form of special interest tourism, emblematic of the shift from mass to niche tourism (Douglas, 2001). With growing scientific evidence that minerals obtainable from certain springs have special properties which can cure or ease the symptoms of various ailments, the tourism industry has sought to deploy
