Mental Health Improvement and Rehabilitation Within Rural Green Tourism

Abstract

Introduction: Among mental health improvement and rehabilitation methods, we can distinguish recreation within “rural green tourism”. A growing worldwide demand for rural holidays, getting acquainted with rural traditions and culture, farming culture, unity with nature is justified owing to its positive impact on mental health and overall human health, addressing mental problems and meeting psychological needs, etc. Aim: to demonstrate that mental health improvement and rehabilitation can be achieved within rural green tourism, to determine how rural green tourism can affect the level of human mental health and to specify how different types of tourism (wellness, rehabilitation, rural green tourism) are related. Materials and Methods: international acts, data of international organizations and conclusions of scientists have been examined and used in the study. The article also summarizes information from scientific journals and monographs from a medical and legal point of view with scientific methods. This article is based on dialectical, comparative, analytic, synthetic and comprehensive research methods. Conclusions: Mental health improvement and rehabilitation could be achieved within rural green tourism, which has a positive impact on mental health and overall human health. Such types of tourism as wellness, rehabilitation and rural green tourism are interlinked and complementary. The main disadvantage here is the lack of in-depth research of the rural green tourism’s impact on human mental health.