Role and Importance of Nature-Based Health Tourism in the Himalayan Region

Abstract

Himalayas are a multifaceted site of subjective, global, and metaphysical importance that are responsible in maintaining a form of tourism that satisfies the person's main motive for maintaining and strengthening the physical, spiritual, emotional, and psychological health. There are numerous opportunities that are availed in contrast with natural resources available in the Himalayan region that will help in boosting natural healing procedures and foster physical and psychic well-being of the tourists. In the circumstances of this fast-paced urbanisation, the Himalayas are the only option to get nature therapy and able to enjoy their close connection with it. Human-nature relationships have always been considered very important. So, theory of wellness in the Himalayas is supported by the research with the fact that nature has a great impact on different facets of person's physical, psychological, social, and spiritual life. This chapter seeks to shed light on the region's potential as a global wellness destination.