An Innovative Design of a Mental Intervention Based Forest-Leisure Tourism Product

摘要

As competition becomes increasingly fierce nowadays, mental stress and mental disorders are a growing concern. Taking this into consideration, this paper firstly explains the meaning and value of a mental intervention based forest-leisure tourism product. Subsequently, different mental intervention based tourism programs such as a forest-art-leisure program, forest meditation & relaxation program, forest catharsis program, gardening recreational program, as well as, catering design could be implemented to reduce or release clients from their unhealthy mental status, negative emotions and unhealthy behavior. Finally, this paper addresses five developmental trends for this mental intervention based forest-leisure tourism product.