헬스투어 참가 여부에 따른 만족도와 주관적 安寧感 평가차이에 관한 연구

A Comparative Study of Health Tourism Seekers and non-Seekers’ Satisfaction and Subjective Well-being Evaluation: The Case of Korea and Japan

Based on previous studies having emphasized the different perceptions regarding to leisure activity satisfactions and Subjective Well-being(SWE) between participants and non-participants. This study examined the differences of perceptions between health tour seekers and non seekers perceptions of SWE. Data were collected from Korean packaged tourists who travel to SAPPORO and who visited a thermal hot spring, and Japanese packaged tourists who travel to Busan and who used a herbal medicine program. The results indicated firstly that health tour seekers perceived the level of contribution of the health tour to SWE to be more positive than non-seekers.