A sustentabilidade no turismo de bem-estar: uma análise da produção do conhecimento

Abstract

Wellness tourism is an important topic of study for the construction and development of policies and practices to promote human health and strengthen tourism sustainability. With this in mind, it is important to understand how the theme of sustainability has been internalized in research on wellness tourism. The aim of the study was to analyze how sustainability is contemplated in the production of knowledge on wellness tourism in the dissertations and theses of the stricto sensu Programs in Brazil, in the trajectory of Brazilian researchers, in the articles contained in the Forum of Editors of Scientific Journals of Tourism in Brazil (FEPCT), at the National Association of Research and Graduate Studies in Tourism (ANPTUR) and in the Scopus Database. The search sources were the Capes Theses and Dissertations Catalog, the Lattes/CNPq Platform, FEPCT/ANPTUR and the Capes/Scopus Periodicals Portal. The term "wellness tourism", in Portuguese and English, was used in the search field of all four sources. Subsequently, the search term sustainability, in Portuguese and English, was used in the productions. In the Scopus database, both terms was used in the advanced search. The data collection period was from August 1o to October 28, 2022. No filter was used for the year of search. Only three dissertations were identified from different Higher Education institutions and postgraduate programs (two in Tourism and one in International Business): Graduate Program in Tourism at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Graduate Program in Tourism at the Federal University of Paraná and Graduate Program in International Management at FGV. However, only one dissertation internalizes sustainability in its research problem. The Lattes Platform, identified 13 researchers with a doctorate and 14 other researchers who have some adherence to the research topic. The research trajectory is incipient and recent, beginning in 2014. Six articles were found in FEPCT and eleven in Scopus. In general, the studies are recent and relate to quality management in hotels and wellness spas, customer service factors and satisfaction surveys. Of the 17 articles, only seven relate wellness tourism to sustainability. This highlights the need for new perspectives in the production of knowledge on wellness tourism and its relationship with sustainable development, contributing to the definition of sustainable strategies in tourism services. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]