https://so14.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/VandVJournal <p>The "<strong><em>Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences for Sustainable Development (วารสารมนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์เพื่อการพัฒนาอย่างยั่งยืน)</em>"</strong> has officially changed its name to <strong>"VOICES AND VISIONS: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences,"</strong> effective immediately.</p> <p><strong>ISSN Old Number</strong></p> <p><strong>ISSN:</strong> 3027-7841 (Print)<br /><strong>ISSN:</strong> 3027-7868 (Online)</p> <p><strong>ISSN New Number</strong></p> <p><strong>ISSN:</strong> 3088-3598 (Online)</p> <p>Published under this English title since <em><strong>Volume 9, Issue 1 (2026)</strong></em>, the journal will be published online only.</p> <p> </p> Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences en-US VOICES AND VISIONS: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 3088-3598 <p>VOICES AND VISIONS: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences is licensed Under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, Unless Otherwise Stated. Please Read Journal Policies Page for More Information on Open Access, Copyright and Permissions.</p> https://so14.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/VandVJournal/article/view/3228 <p>While global wellness tourism is booming, local urban public parks remain vital destinations for generating social and economic value. This study aims to analyze the role of public parks as destinations for holistic wellness tourism. This study employed a systematic review of Thai and international academic sources retrieved from the Thai-Journal Citation Index and ScienceDirect. The analysis, which covered publications from 2015 to 2025, synthesized the roles of public parks as destinations for holistic wellness tourism across five principal dimensions: physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual. On the basis of 22 selected articles, these dimensions constitute important pull factors for wellness tourists. Findings indicate that public parks perform roles across all five dimensions of holistic wellness tourism, although the intensity varies by dimension. The social dimension appeared most frequently in the reviewed literature, reflecting the prominent role of public parks as spaces that foster attachment and social interaction. This suggests that public parks simultaneously function as areas of well-being, public spaces, and venues for building social relationships. These findings can reframe public parks from urban green infrastructure to potential holistic wellness tourism resources through a five-dimensional synthesis.</p> Pattra Kongpho Waret Ruttanavisanon Copyright (c) 2026 VOICES AND VISIONS: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-20 2026-07-20 9 2 1 16 10.53848/vvjournal.v9i2.3228