Spa, spa tourism and wellness tourism in the Czech Republic

VYSTOUPIL, Jiří, Martin ŠAUER and Markéta BOBKOVÁ. Spa, spa tourism and wellness tourism in the Czech Republic. Czech Journal of Tourism. Masarykova univerzita, 2017, Neuveden, No 1, p. 5-19. ISSN 1805-3580. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cjot-2017-0001.

Basic information

• Original name: Spa, spa tourism and wellness tourism in the Czech Republic
• Authors: VYSTOUPIL, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martin ŠAUER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Markéta BOBKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Czech Journal of Tourism, Masarykova univerzita, 2017, 1805-3580.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50901 Other social sciences
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14560/17:00099578
• Organization unit: Faculty of Economics and Administration
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cjot-2017-0001
• Keywords in English: spa; spa tourism; wellness tourism; regional and resort analysis
• Tags: Reviewed

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to compare and assess the position of the spa and wellness sector in the structure of tourism in the Czech Republic. In this context, the article deals with the brief history of the Czech spa tourism and the development of spa tourism in the spa resorts, including the focus of specialized literature review. The methodological part consists of an explanation of the existing statistical information about the spa sector. The main part of the paper deals with the geographic analysis of current spa centres (the capacity of spa and total collective accommodation facilities, the number of spa patients and guests, guest attendance and their geographical structure). The assessment also includes the determination of the importance of the spa for overall spa tourism. Furthermore, the paper also deals with the development and localization of the selected forms of wellness tourism. As a pilot example, aquaparks built especially in the last 20 years in the Czech Republic were chosen.

Links

• MUNI/A/1046/2016, interní kód MU: Name: Primární výzkum malých a středních podnikatelů v cestovním ruchu (Acronym: MSPCR)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A