Leisure Industry and Hotels: The
Importance of Wellness Services
for Guests’ Well-Being
Milica Ranˇ ci´ c Demir, Marko D. Petrovi´ c, and Ivana Bleši´ c
1 Introduction
Spa and wellness centres have been growing annually, and a healthy approach to
lifestyle is increasingly accepted all over the globe (Velayuthan et al. 2019). Nowadays, due to a fast lifestyle, which results in less free time, stress is always present in
people’s everyday lives, and it has a negative impact on the physical and psychological health of every individual. That is precisely what influenced the development of
wellness tourism as one of the most significant trends in modern tourism (Prasad and
Shimizu 2018). Health is, assuredly, one of the most important factors that enable a
normal functioning life of every individual. Modern society is getting more and more
aware of this fact, which results in the increased concern for physical appearance,
nutrition, physical activity, etc. Due to all these reasons, a lot of tourism facilities
and destinations create environments for the preservation and improvement of health
M. Ranˇ ci´ c Demir
Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor, Cesta prvih borcev 36, 8250 Brežice, Slovenia
e-mail: milica.rancic1@um.si
M. D. Petrovi´ c (B)
Social Geography Department, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cviji´ c” SASA (Serbian Academy of
Sciences and Arts), 9 Djure Jakši´ ca St, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: m.petrovic@gi.sanu.ac.rs
Institute of Sports, Tourism and Service, South Ural State University, 76 Lenin Av, Chelyabinsk
454080, Russia
I. Bleši´ c
Department of Geography, Faculty of Sciences, Tourism and Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja
Obradovi´ ca, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
e-mail: ivana.blesic@gmail.com
Institute of Sports, Tourism and Service, South Ural State University, 76 Lenin Av., Chelyabinsk
454080, Russia
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Nature Switzerland AG 2021
A. Lubowiecki-Vikuk et al. (eds.), Handbook of Sustainable Development and Leisure
Services, World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59820-4_9
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Importance of Wellness Services
for Guests’ Well-Being
Milica Ranˇ ci´ c Demir, Marko D. Petrovi´ c, and Ivana Bleši´ c
1 Introduction
Spa and wellness centres have been growing annually, and a healthy approach to
lifestyle is increasingly accepted all over the globe (Velayuthan et al. 2019). Nowadays, due to a fast lifestyle, which results in less free time, stress is always present in
people’s everyday lives, and it has a negative impact on the physical and psychological health of every individual. That is precisely what influenced the development of
wellness tourism as one of the most significant trends in modern tourism (Prasad and
Shimizu 2018). Health is, assuredly, one of the most important factors that enable a
normal functioning life of every individual. Modern society is getting more and more
aware of this fact, which results in the increased concern for physical appearance,
nutrition, physical activity, etc. Due to all these reasons, a lot of tourism facilities
and destinations create environments for the preservation and improvement of health
M. Ranˇ ci´ c Demir
Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor, Cesta prvih borcev 36, 8250 Brežice, Slovenia
e-mail: milica.rancic1@um.si
M. D. Petrovi´ c (B)
Social Geography Department, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cviji´ c” SASA (Serbian Academy of
Sciences and Arts), 9 Djure Jakši´ ca St, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: m.petrovic@gi.sanu.ac.rs
Institute of Sports, Tourism and Service, South Ural State University, 76 Lenin Av, Chelyabinsk
454080, Russia
I. Bleši´ c
Department of Geography, Faculty of Sciences, Tourism and Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja
Obradovi´ ca, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
e-mail: ivana.blesic@gmail.com
Institute of Sports, Tourism and Service, South Ural State University, 76 Lenin Av., Chelyabinsk
454080, Russia
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer
Nature Switzerland AG 2021
A. Lubowiecki-Vikuk et al. (eds.), Handbook of Sustainable Development and Leisure
Services, World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59820-4_9
127