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Received: 11 July 2022

Accepted: 18 July 2023

First Online: 11 August 2023

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: The study was conducted by the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tarbiat Modares University (Project identification code: 9730971001).

: The authors confirm that informed consent was obtained from all participants and/or their legal guardians. The informed consent was written in language easily understood by participants and they had sufficient time to consider participation. At the beginning of the questionnaire, detailed explanations were given regarding the topic of the research “Wellness Tourism” and the confidentiality of the results, and that the results of this research would be used in the design of the wellness tourism model. They had the option to participate or not. And they signed “I have read and understand the information in this questionnaire. I have been encouraged to ask questions and all of my questions have been answered to my satisfaction. I have also been informed that I can withdraw from the study at any time. By signing this form, I voluntarily agree to participate in this study” at the beginning of the questionnaire. The unit of analysis was the wellness tourists. In this research, the coordinator was responsible for clarifying the issue and answering the possible questions of the research participants.