<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></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.

Spa, Spa Tourism and Wellness Tourism in the Czech Republic

Institute of Tourism, Department of Regional Economics and Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administration

Czech Journal of Tourism

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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,...

Spa, Spa Tourism and Wellness Tourism in the Czech Republic

Published Online: Mar 27, 2018

Page range: 5 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cjot-2017-0001

Keywords
spa, spa tourism, wellness tourism, regional and resort analysis

© 2017 Jiří Vystoupil et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Spa, Spa Tourism and Wellness Tourism in the Czech Republic

Published Online: Mar 27, 2018

Page range: 5 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cjot-2017-0001

Keywordsspa, spa tourism, wellness tourism, regional and resort analysis

© 2017 Jiří Vystoupil et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
spa, spa tourism, wellness tourism, regional and resort analysis