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https://www.verywellmind.com/travel-therapy-tourism-can-benefit-people-with-mental-health-distress-5649337
https://www.trainingaid.org/ideas-and-insights/mental-health-tourism
https://www.tia.org.nz/news-and-updates/industry-news/survey-finds-severe-mental-health-challenges-among-tourism-operators

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Key Takeaways

We know the benefits of art therapy and music therapy, but a new study shows how travel therapy may be another type of intervention that can be added to the list.

A recently published journal article in Tourism Management found that the experience of going on a vacation can be beneficial for people who navigate dementia. Researchers note how tourism experiences may provide positive impacts as a dementia intervention.

Not only is travel therapy beneficial for those with dementia, but it can help those who struggle with other mental health issues as well.

Given how travel was disrupted by the pandemic, it may be worthwhile to consider how it may impact individuals with mental health struggles.

Understanding the Research

Researchers explored how travel engages feeling, thinking, doing, and sensory experiences to develop a framework based on existing positive psychology interventions for dealing with dementia.

By drawing on the benefits of positive psychology, some tourism interventions include experiencing a theme park, beach-related travel, and family trips. In this way, travel may benefit both those who deal with dementia, as well as other mental health challenges.

This research is one of the first to explore connections between tourism experiences and mental health interventions through the lens of positive psychology, with such benefits as savoring the moment, feeling gratitude, and thinking about positive experiences.

Travel Can Restructure Your Mind

Psychotherapist with Mindpath Health, Taish Malone, LPC, PhD, says, "This study supports that restructuring your mind can be more helpful when your stimuli, environment, people, duties, and so forth change."

Sensory and cognitive stimulation is important for mental health, as well as exercise. When people go on vacation, they find themselves in a new environment and different culture, and are physically moving in ways they may not at home.

Despite potential benefits, Malone recommends, "Travelers should be cognizant that while travel will offer some reprieve, the assumption that other countries aren't faced with similar issues may be too much of a blindly optimistic view that could lead to further disappointment."

"Political unrest and social disruptions are not lost in other parts of the world. Travelers should do their research to make sure to choose places and/or locations to best meet their overall needs," she says.

While there is research on the psychology of travel, Malone notes that most discuss the purpose of travel as being a great determiner of the experience.

"Motivators range from those seeking mental reprieve to exposure and connection of either their own or another culture," she says.

"The intentions behind a person's travel plans will determine the expectations they may have of the trip and if it can be perceived as beneficial. No matter the reason behind traveling, the mindset should always embrace the best the experience has to offer," she explains.

Mental distress may contribute to distortions that impact life experiences, according to Malone.

"This is not generally conducive to enjoying some experiences, since it limits functionality and significantly interferes with their outlook and relationship with themselves, other people, their work, and even their embrace of enjoyment in life," she says.

Taish Malone, LPC, PhD

In her therapy practice, Malone has often heard feedback from clients that support the idea that expectations and outlook greatly determine a person's experiences regardless of where you are or what you do.

Malone highlights, "Some may have a distorted view that they will not have to continue to work on their growth strategies just because the stressors they once had were specific to their at-home experiences. However, they should focus on using the travel experience as a reset to choose better practices of experiencing life altogether."

"Many clients have benefited from seeing the wonder of life and what is important without the 'noise' of their daily grind, and returned with a new perspective. Yet, I have had others who were so intent on their own rigid ideals that they returned even more cynical," she says.

While a change of scenery and the absence of deadlines may help, Malone notes that admiring the beauty in life is possible no matter where you are.

Finding a Sense of Balance

Neuroscientist and clinical social worker Renetta Weaver, LCSW-C, says, "The research suggests that traveling to new environments offers a social and emotional experience that boosts happiness hormones and leads to new learning in ways that differ from the habitual structure of our everyday environment."

Although more research is needed in the area of travel and enhanced functioning in people with mental distress, Weaver notes that there is already proof that creative activity and experiences help to stimulate the brain.

Weaver recommends, "Think about how important it is for you to unwind after work, or how many of us look forward to the weekend. We all need ways of mentally and physically escaping. Our brain is always seeking a way to help us blow off steam and re-establish a feeling of balance."

Getting out of the country for a period of travel may provide that mental or emotional escape, according to Weaver.

"Looking out into that vast ocean can feel like a million miles away from the problems at home," she says.

"Traveling out of the country can also help us shift our perspective and remind us that our problems are small compared to the largeness of the world; the world extends beyond our corner."

Traveling out of the country can be a reminder that one does not have it as bad as one thought, as Weaver notes that happiness is not determined by material possessions or wealth.

Renetta Weaver, LCSW-C

While travel may be treated as a luxury experience, Weaver notes that research shows that traveling adds a flavorful ingredient in the recipe for optimal brain functioning.

"In the absence of stimulating activities and experiences, our brain becomes bored and falls asleep," she says.

"For people who are oppressed due to their financial status, sexual status, or citizenship status, it's safe to assume that there are perceived threats that cause psychological limitations to traveling."

For those who are trans, Weaver notes they may feel unsafe traveling due to transphobia.

"For those who don't have citizenship, they might fear not being allowed back into the country once they leave," she says.

The mind does not know the difference between imagining something and actually doing it, so Weaver encourages a rich use of the imagination if physically traveling is not an option.

"That's what we do when we meditate, and the scenery is a beach or a mountain," she says.

Weaver explains, "Neuroscience teaches us about the plasticity of the brain and the possibility of recovering the parts of our brain that we thought we lost. Traveling can lead to the release of dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin, which cause our bodies to heal and function well."

"Travel is more than just a luxury, it's a necessity. It may be the only time we stop and smell the roses. Travel can help us to remember what we are living for instead of forgetting what we have because we're busy in constant pursuit of what we don't have," she concludes.

What This Means For You

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Does Travel Count as Therapy? Why Tourism is Great for Your Mental Health

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A new study found that travel may benefit those navigating mental health issues. Travel can lead to exposure to different stimuli and more physical exercise.

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Saúde Mental, Educação e Turismo - Profissionais

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Saúde Mental, Educação e Turismo - Profissionais

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No âmbito do mestrado Gestão e Planeamento em Turismo na Universidade de Aveiro, na unidade curricular "Laboratório de Internacionalização em Turismo", lecionada pela professora Zélia Breda, dado que o Turismo é considerado um Direito Humano, pretendemos avaliar o impacto que o turismo poderá ter na saúde mental.

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MUELLER, H. e KAUFMANN, E.L. (2001) – “Wellness tourism: market analysis of a special health tourism segment and implications for the hotel industry”

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MUELLER, H. e KAUFMANN, E.L. (2001) – “Wellness tourism: market analysis of a special health tourism segment and implications for the hotel industry”

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Health is a Big Idea that impacts everyone. It cuts across science, history, policy, habits, age, gender, culture and geography. As a source for a challenge, health can be contextualized and made meaningful in almost every situation and involve all academic disciplines.

In this case, the simple challenge of "Be Healthy" provides a wide variety of opportunities for interdisciplinary and meaningful investigation resulting in positive action. The challenge can be addressed individually or as part of a group of community. It seeks to help learners take control of their health by providing a learning and decision-making framework to sort through at times an overwhelming amount of information and make informed decisions.

ENGAGE

Big Idea: Health
Essential Question: How do we develop a healthy lifestyle?
Challenge: Be Healthy!
Sample Guiding Questions
These are only example questions we encourage you to ask as many personal and contextual questions as possible.

1. What does it mean to be healthy?

2. What do we need to do to be healthy?

3. Why should I take care of my health?

4. What are the barriers to being healthy?

5. What behaviors positively and negatively impact our health?

6. Why is nutrition important?

7. What is nutrition?

8. How do genetics impact personal health?

9. Does exercise improve our health? How and why?

10. What is the science behind being healthy?

11. What are long-term consequences of being unhealthy?

12. What are the habits of healthy people?

13. Who is responsible for public health?

14. What are local and global health issues?

15. What is the role of calories in relationships to health?

16. What is the relationship between sleep and health?

17. Why is it hard to get healthy food in certain areas?

18. What is a food desert?

19. Etc.

*Once you brainstorm all of the questions organize and prioritize them.

INVESTIGATE

Guiding Activities and Resources
These are only a set of example activities and resources and the learners will need to evaluate the quality of the content. They are not verified or necessarily supported, just examples. The ones that you choose should be in direct relationship to your specific guiding questions and context. Activities and resources for adults, adolescents, and younger children will be different. The goal is to develop solutions that mean something in your community and are sustainable.

Example Activities

1. Compare and contrast different definitions of health. Develop a personal definition for what it means to be healthy.

2. Invite a health professional to speak about nutrition and exercise.

3. Keep a nutrition diary and track what you eat and drink for a week.

4. Keep a diary to track how much exercise you get in one week.

5. Keep a diary to track how much sleep you get in one week. Aggregate the class date and develop a graph of the sleep patterns for your class.

6. Research how the definition of health has changed over time

7. Identify a fad about health and research the validity

8. Identify the person in your school who is in charge of nutrition and interview them.

9. Etc.

Example Resources

1. Cronometer - Track your nutrition, Fitness, and Health Data

2. Nutrition: Keeping a Food Diary

3. Sleep and health

4. Dietary Guidelines 2015 - 20120 Executive Summary

5. Food and Diet

6. Finding and Evaluating Online Resources about Health

7. Ted Talks on Health - A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of health. -

Synthesis
Using the research findings from your Investigations develop a synthesis that demonstrates a clear understanding of the challenge

ACT

Solution Prototypes - Using your research synthesis create multiple ideas for solutions and review each one to make sure your research supports it. Share the prototypes with various stakeholders and get feedback.

Solution - with the feedback from the stakeholders develop one solution that has the most potential for success.

Implement - Develop a plan to implement the solution with the stakeholders and collect data about the impact.

Evaluate - Using quantitative and qualitative measures determine if the solution is valid and what can be improved.

REFLECT, DOCUMENT, AND SHARE

Throughout the experience take time to document the events and reflect on what is happening to build on prior knowledge and identify future questions.

Share what you learned with your local community and the world. Use #CBLWorld on social media.

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Big Idea: Health - Challenge Based Learning

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Questionário a colegas
Entrevistas - (Carlos Costa e Adilia Cabral)

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Ana Silva
João Andrade
Rute Cardoso

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https://tourismandhumanrights.com/

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The opportunities tourism brings to economy, peace and understanding are well recognized today.

But can tourism go further and be an ally for the protection of human rights?

This site and blog look forward to exchange with you on this regard.

Welcome!

In general, when we speak about human rights, unfortunately, and often, is when we feel that some of our rights have been breached, or we want to formally denounce a violation.

As citizens, we usually endorse the full responsibility of protection to our governments and International Organizations. Although, we should have a role as well, in helping prevent possible violations of human rights.

In the tourism sector a "doing wrong" or "not doing" could cause violations of human rights, if, for example, the sector is not ready to welcome tourist with all four types of disability, does not well protect children from labour or sexual exploitation, discriminate the access to tourism services and facilities due the non-tolerance to gender diversity, or does not respect the intangible cultural heritage of a country. The same as if a tourist is submitted to a denigrated treatment while passing immigration and security controls at airports or in a destination, for naming few examples.

But it is also true that the tourism sector can strongly help to change cultural behaviours and, in some cases, even promote the update of legislation to allow a better protection of human rights. A "golden asset" that must be well taken advantage, as is without a doubt a sector that governments are open to listen due the significant economic benefits that brings to a country.

Therefore, it is key that not only those actors directly involved in the tourism sector take a commitment on this regard, but all citizens, in our role as tourists, so to remember the tourism sector how important they are for the protection of human rights.

For example, today, a significant number of countries worldwide have ratified different international conventions for the protection of human rights, such as: the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability, etc. But into practice Governments have not asked, in this case, to the tourism sector, to help them accomplish these commitments.

But why is that? What the tourism sector can do?

I invite you to go to the different sections of this Webpage so to be inspire on how this can be done.

Thank you for visiting this Webpage!

Loreto IBANEZ CASTILLO

In general, when we speak about human rights, unfortunately, and often, is when we feel that some of our rights have been breached, or we want to formally denounce a violation.

As citizens, we usually endorse the full responsibility of protection to our governments and International Organizations. Although, we should have a role as well, in helping prevent possible violations of human rights.

In the tourism sector a "doing wrong" or "not doing" could cause violations of human rights, if, for example, the sector is not ready to welcome tourist with all four types of disability, does not well protect children from labour or sexual exploitation, discriminate the access to tourism services and facilities due the non-tolerance to gender diversity, or does not respect the intangible cultural heritage of a country. The same as if a tourist is submitted to a denigrated treatment while passing immigration and security controls at airports or in a destination, for naming few examples.

But it is also true that the tourism sector can strongly help to change cultural behaviours and, in some cases, even promote the update of legislation to allow a better protection of human rights. A "golden asset" that must be well taken advantage, as is without a doubt a sector that governments are open to listen due the significant economic benefits that brings to a country.

The same as if a tourist is submitted to a denigrated treatment while passing immigration and security controls at airports or in a destination, for naming few examples.

But it is also true that the tourism sector can strongly help to change cultural behaviours and, in some cases, even promote the update of legislation to allow a better protection of human rights. A "golden asset" that must be well taken advantage, as is without a doubt a sector that governments are open to listen due the significant economic benefits that brings to a country.

Therefore, it is key that not only those actors directly involved in the tourism sector take a commitment on this regard, but all citizens, in our role as tourists, so to remember the tourism sector how important they are for the protection of human rights.

For example, today, a significant number of countries worldwide have ratified different international conventions for the protection of human rights, such as: the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability, etc. But into practice Governments have not asked, in this case, to the tourism sector, to help them accomplish these commitments.

But why is that? What the tourism sector can do?

I invite you to go to the different sections of this Webpage so to be inspire on how this can be done.

Thank you for visiting this Webpage!

Loreto IBANEZ CASTILLO

This webpage has been elaborated by Loreto IBANEZ CASTILLO, member of the International Network of Tourism Professionals (INTP).

Loreto IBANEZ CASTILLO, PhD, was born in Chile; and is known for her work on international cooperation, public policies, quality, tourism and human rights.

With a working experience of more than 25 years; ten of them at the United Nations World Tourism Organization.
She has worked as well in the public sector in Chile and Spain, private sector in Chile and the United Kingdom and at higher tourism education level in France (nowadays).

The International Network of Tourism Professionals (INTP) is a network created with the aim of promoting the exchange of knowledge worldwide. Our inspiration is to contribute to the well-being of the tourism sector by crossing our lines of expertise and cultures.

The network has a non-profit philosophy, and a none-membership fee.

Please notice that is not a requirement to have a certain age or years of experience to join the Network. We strongly believe that any one at any age can contribute from its field of expertise. This, either you work directly in the tourism sector or you come from a crossing field.

The only requirement to be part of the Network is to strongly commit to the accomplishment of the purposes and principles of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism.

To join, please send us a message to the following address: intp@tourismandhumanrights.com

*The content of this webpage is of exclusive responsibility of her author.

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This site and blog look forward to exchange with you on this regard. Welcome! In general, when we speak about human rights, unfortunately, and often, is when we feel that some of our rights have been breached, or we want to formally denounce a violation.

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Art.º - Turismo, saúde e bem-estar: um mar de oportunidades no Munícipio de Sines

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Art.º - Turismo, saúde e bem-estar: um mar de oportunidades no Munícipio de Sines

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http://www.turismodeportugal.pt/pt/Noticias/Paginas/direitos-humanos.aspx

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https://www.jornalcruzeiro.com.br/suplementos/turismo/2021/09/679422-passeios-ajudam-a-aliviar-o-cansaco-mental-causado-pela-pandemia.html

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