Da Lat City, a popular tourist destination in Vietnam’s Central Highlands region, can soothe travelers’ souls with its natural landscapes and investment in wellness tourism.

Renowned for its picturesque scenery, Da Lat has become a popular destination for leisure, recreation, and retreat.

Visitors flock to this city in Lam Dong Province to immerse themselves in its natural landscapes and rejuvenate their minds.

For many tourists, a trip to Da Lat offers a sense of tranquility and inner peace.

Combination of travel and health enhancement in Da Lat

A combination of tourism and psychological education can help tourists enjoy their life and be re-energized after their return from a trip.

In the field of psychology, the type is called wellness tourism.

Various psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy can benefit people who feel stressful.

The combination of psychological therapies and natural exploration in the year-round cool weather in Da Lat will help tourists heal from emotional pain, stress, conflicts in relationships, or even trauma.

Da Lat, named among global creative cities for music by UNESCO on October 13, 2023, can utilize music and art to better wellness retreat services.

4-phase model for wellness tourism to generate meaningful life

During the first phase of searching for a meaningful life, tourists are inspired by nature, artistic creation, and psychological tools to have a strong desire for development and recovery from emotional pain.

The second phase covers the psychological education process, which consists of some topics such as a guide to exploring the mental world, assessing the sources of stress in life, strategies for coping with stress, and elements of building strong mental health.

In the third phase, tourists are guided to build a meaningful life by exploring multiple streams of happiness across 10 key aspects.

They are introduced to the SMART goal-setting framework and equipped with essential skills such as decision-making, problem-solving, and overcoming procrastination.

In the final phase, focused on action, tourists create a detailed plan for living a meaningful life.

They identify appropriate strategies and tools to support their goals and connect with psychological resources to sustain their progress.

The model is recommended to target people aged 15-30 who live in Da Lat and are tourists.

The model should be deployed at schools, hospitals, culture houses, and homestays.

The organizers of the model should be upskilled with psychological and educational knowledge.

Yersin University in Da Lat, which is the first psychology training facility in the Central Highlands region, is regarded as a hub of workforce training for the wellness tourism model.

Developing tourism in combination with education, art and psychological therapy is a new trend in the process of building a creative Da Lat.

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