The Discussion of the Leisure and Health-preserving Industry: The case study of Tibetan Medicine Foot Spa in Tainan City,Taiwan
摘要：
The industry of leisure and health-preserving area has been emphasized in Taiwan since Taiwanese'living standard makes tremendous improvement nowadays.This distinctive industry integrates the area of health issues and tourism,in which the idea of leisure and recreation could be associated with the concept of health-preserving.In fact,health-preserving industries could be seen everywhere in Taiwan recently,such as foot massage,spa treatment and other related business.Tibetan Medicine(TM)foot spa is a popular treatment in this industry.It is safe,cheap,no side effect,and suitable for various generations.TM spa is functioned by thermal energy.High heat steam distills the essence of the treatment is aborted by human skin system then delivering the essence to the circulatory system to build up body strength and further alleviating symptoms or recovering one's health.The purpose of this study was to explore the curative effect of Tibetan Medicine(TM)foot spa.As little academic research in TM foot spa has been conducted in the past,an exploratory study was deemed to be appropriate.This study is a case study using both quantitative and qualitative research method.For the quantitative research,age,gender,and consumption frequency will have significant effect on certain indicators (metabolic index,osteoporosis index, weight and etc.).Moreover,qualitative research can be summarized as follows:lifestyle,eating habits,and family medical history of the participants,will have the different results from the treatment.
