<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Spa industry is presently an inherent part of Slovak tourism. For this reason, it has become a major interest of scientific and professional literature (economics, management, sociology, or geography). The main topic of this paper is the evaluation of tourism in Slovakia through a geographic analysis. This paper briefly evaluates the development and the importance of spa, spa tourism and wellness and their main research areas and issues. Furthermore, the primary sources of tourism development, the overview of spa tourism and the wellness resorts, the accommodation establishments and the visitation rate are evaluated as well. In conclusion, functional and spatial typification of spa tourism and wellness in Slovakia is presented. The structure of the paper is designed to be appropriate for a comparison with V4 countries.</p></abstract>

Spa industry is presently an inherent part of Slovak tourism. For this reason, it has become a major interest of scientific and professional literature (economics, management, sociology, or geography). The main topic of this paper is the evaluation of tourism in Slovakia through a geographic analysis. This paper briefly evaluates the development and the importance of spa, spa tourism and wellness and their main research areas and issues. Furthermore, the primary sources of tourism development, the overview of spa tourism and the wellness resorts, the accommodation establishments and the visitation rate are evaluated as well. In conclusion, functional and spatial typification of spa tourism and wellness in Slovakia is presented. The structure of the paper is designed to be appropriate for a comparison with V4 countries.

Spa and Wellness Tourism in Slovakia (A Geographical Analysis)

Department of Regional Geography, Planning and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Payments Department, Section of European Funds, Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic

Czech Journal of Tourism

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Spa industry is presently an inherent part of Slovak tourism. For this reason, it has become a major interest of scientific and professional literature...

Spa and Wellness Tourism in Slovakia (A Geographical Analysis)

Published Online: Mar 27, 2018

Page range: 27 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cjot-2017-0002

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

© 2017 Anton Kasagranda et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

Spa and Wellness Tourism in Slovakia (A Geographical Analysis)

Published Online: Mar 27, 2018

Page range: 27 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cjot-2017-0002

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

© 2017 Anton Kasagranda et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

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