Forest bathing as a mindful tourism practice

Farkić, Jelena; Isailović, Gorana; Taylor, Steve

doi:10.1016/j.annale.2021.100028

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“…In contrast to this study, however, bare areas (desert) attraction followed by forest and nature reserves had the highest priority for the AHP model, whereas the lowest priorities recorded for water attractions were highlighted in Jordan (Maaiah et al 2021 ). However, other study argued that in recent years the therapeutic benefits of forest bathing have entered a more main stream consciousness thereby improving the tourism industry, such as the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing has been highlighted (Farkic et al 2021 ). In this study, Blocks B and C are pleasant areas and homes for wildlife, that people expect to visit, and hence they can be the potential tourist destination sites.…”

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“…The availability of lakes, indigenous forests, varieties of medicinal plants, various streams, biota, and eye-catching landscape in the study area can operate the ecotourism business (Xu et al 2020 ; Farkic et al 2021 ). Accordingly, based on the ultimate spatial layers of matrices, very high suitability sites in Raya areas such as lake Ashenge, Hugumburda forest reserve, Gratkhassu national forest, Hayalo forest reserve, Wenberet forest area, Holla waterfall, Ball bird viewing area, Sulula Qune wetland-forest area, and Tserqa’ba area were selected and ranked (Table 8 and Fig.…”

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Spatial analysis of potential ecological sites in the northeastern parts of Ethiopia using multi-criteria decision-making models

Deribew¹,

Mihretu²,

Abreha³

et al. 2022

Asia-Pac J Reg Sci

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The northeastern part of Ethiopia, particularly Raya area is a pilgrimage site famed for its antique civilization, archaeological sites, and rural landscapes. Despite existing ecotourism potentials, the area has not been utilized for tourism for millennia. While previous work looked at the availability of natural resources, it did not identify and prioritize the resources, so knowledge gaps continue to exist in prioritization of potential ecotourism sites. This study attempted to identify various ecotourism indicators, evaluate and produce maps of suitable ecotourism sites, and prioritize optimum protected areas that are best suited for sustainable ecotourism development of Raya areas. For this analysis, 13 spatial indicators from physical, environmental, archaeological, socio-cultural, and socioeconomic sectors were considered. Analytic Hierarchical Process (AHP) was used to calculate the details of the spatial indicators and class weights. The suitability maps were classified into four classes as Highly Suitable (S1), Moderately Suitable (S2), Marginally Suitable (N1), and Not Suitable (N2). The results revealed 114.37 Km 2 (10.33%), 13.36 Km 2 (1.91%), and 10.39 Km 2 (1.62%) fall under the highly suitable class in Blocks B, A and C, respectively. AHP weights with ultimate criterion and field observations also ranked lake Ashenge, Hugumburda, and Gratkhassu national forest priority areas as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd optimal zones, respectively. The outcomes of this study are crucial for conservation pioneer work in ecological development, and should be used as an ideal blueprint by ecotourism planners and decision-makers for sustainable ecotourism development strategies.

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Spatial analysis of potential ecological sites in the northeastern parts of Ethiopia using multi-criteria decision-making models

Deribew¹,

Mihretu²,

Abreha³

et al. 2022

Asia-Pac J Reg Sci

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“…According to Aswita et al (2020), tourism potencies not only function as a place to visit in a series of tourist activities, become a source of economic income for local people and increase local revenue, but they are also placing for social interaction and cultural exchange. Also, increasing awareness of surroundings allows for deeper and stronger connections between tourists and the natural and social environment (Farkic et al 2021).…”

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Development Strategies of Oelsonbai Research Center Scientific Tourism in KHDTK Oelsonbai Kupang

Herningtyas

Njurumana

Feriani³

et al. 2022

J. Sylva Lestari

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Oelsonbai Research Center is one of the management instruments of Forest Area for Specific Purposes (Kawasan Hutan Dengan Tujuan Khusus) Oelsonbai to help promote research and development results bundled in scientific tourism package. The Oelsonbai Research Center development was still new, so this research aimed to determine development strategies of the Oelsonbai Research Center scientific tourism in forest area for specific purposes Oelsonbai. This research was conducted from June to July 2021. The research methods used were interviews using questionnaires on 33 respondents, field observation, in-depth interviews with the administrators, and Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysis. The results indicated that Oelsonbai Research Center could develop into a tourism area. Therefore, strategies to develop the Oelsonbai Research Center are proposed in this research. The proposed strategies are: developing the potential of the area with better quality tourism objects, executing the created forest area and scientific tourism attraction planning, increasing socialization and promotion activities with digital media, increasing collaborative relations between researchers and other researchers and academics in education, research and scientific tourism, involving the community in tourism activities by establishing business institutions such as cooperatives and establishing cooperation with other parties in developing the Oelsonbai Research Center scientific tourism. Keywords: Natural tourism, Oelsonbai Research Center, Scientific tourism, SWOT analysis, Tourism

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“…Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing; FB) is a traditional Japanese nature practice which implies walking by the forest in silence whilst paying mindful attention to the one's senses in connection with nature (Kotera et al 2020;Miyazaki 2018). Its practice has been spread around the world during the last decade, being considered both as recreational and therapeutic activity, guided and structured, aimed at improving health and wellbeing (Farkic et al 2021;Hansen et al 2017; Wen et al 2019). FB facilitates forests' discovering and nature connectedness, activates human senses, allowing multisensory, affective and kinaesthetic experiences and during the last years, numerous studies performed in Asian biomes have consistently reported the restorative effects of forest therapies for mental health (Hansen et al 2017; Timko- Olson et al 2020), showing how walking by a forest in silence reduces stress, depression and anxiety levels.…”

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“…Forest therapies provide an added-therapeutic value to forested areas and channel the demands of contact with nature by a growing urban population with intense levels of stress, competitiveness, screen or new technologies addiction and related problems such as sedentarism, obesity and cardiovascular problems (Morita et al 2007;Oh et al 2017;Wen et al 2019). Accordingly, FB has been also regarded as a touristic healthy activity that enable visitors discover landscapes under a sustainable approach and that promotes pro-environmental attitudes and wellbeing (Farkic et al 2021). Indeed, empirical evidence suggests that exposition to natural environments improves per se well-being, reduces stress and depressive mood (Antonelli et (2020).…”

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Forest Bathing and Hiking benefits for mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in Mediterranean regions

Muro

Mateo-Canedo

Parrado

et al. 2022

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Forest Bathing (FB) is a nature-therapeutic modality that has evidenced positive effects on individuals’ mental health and it is also considered a sustainable touristic activity. However, its benefits have mainly been studied in Asian biomes and more cross-cultural research is needed to evaluate if its benefits are also generalizable to other forests and biomes of the world, such as the Mediterranean. Accordingly, 86 healthy adults of the general population were assessed before and after a FB near Barcelona (Spain) during the COVID-19 pandemic. A control hiking-group of participants was also analysed to contrast the FB effects on anxiety, affect, mood states and mindfulness. Results have shown that the guided practice of FB in Mediterranean-Catalan forests enhances significanlty mindfulness states and positive affect and reduces anxiety and negative affect, with effect sizes being large to very large. Hiking also induced significant changes in all variables tested, but FB showed higher effect sizes. An exploratory analysis also revealed a different profile of the FB participants compared to the hiking practitioners, being highly educated women living in urban areas and with lower basal levels of psychological wellbeing. Accordingly, it is concluded that both Mediterranean FB and hiking (to a lesser degree), might be cost-effective strategies to promote and restore psychological well-being after the Covid-19 pandemic and to promote sustainable tourism in Mediterranean biomes of the European forested and protected areas.

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Forest bathing as a mindful tourism practice

Cited by 66 publications

References 53 publications

Spatial analysis of potential ecological sites in the northeastern parts of Ethiopia using multi-criteria decision-making models

Spatial analysis of potential ecological sites in the northeastern parts of Ethiopia using multi-criteria decision-making models

Development Strategies of Oelsonbai Research Center Scientific Tourism in KHDTK Oelsonbai Kupang

Forest Bathing and Hiking benefits for mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in Mediterranean regions

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