Can Spa Tourism Enhance Water Resources and Turn Them into a National Brand? A Theoretical Review about the Romanian Case
The present article includes descriptive research about how water resources in Romanian medical spas could be better promoted to increase their visibility. Romania is one of the European countries with impressive potential in terms of balneology, having a wide diversity of natural factors that allow...
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| description | The present article includes descriptive research about how water resources in Romanian medical spas could be better promoted to increase their visibility. Romania is one of the European countries with impressive potential in terms of balneology, having a wide diversity of natural factors that allow treating several medical conditions in the same resort. In addition, one-third of the mineral and thermal water springs in Europe are present on the Romanian territory, making Romania one of the most important European destinations in terms of natural spa resources. The present research aims to illustrate how the Romanian medical spas communicate with tourists about the therapeutic water available in five medical spas: Băile Felix-1 Mai, Techirghiol, Băile Tușnad, Sovata and Covasna, having as its main objective to raise the awareness among the spas representatives regarding the necessity of water management implementation. The research is based on primary data obtained from the official websites of the resorts included in the study and in the published scholarly articles that approached the Romanian medical spas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26469f3dd58e48c386859271b027312b2023-12-03T13:17:29ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892021-06-0112727010.3390/info12070270Can Spa Tourism Enhance Water Resources and Turn Them into a National Brand? A Theoretical Review about the Romanian CasePuiu Nistoreanu0Alina-Cerasela Aluculesei1Department of Tourism and Geography, Faculty of Business and Tourism (Formerly Commerce), Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010404 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Tourism and Geography, Faculty of Business and Tourism (Formerly Commerce), Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010404 Bucharest, RomaniaThe present article includes descriptive research about how water resources in Romanian medical spas could be better promoted to increase their visibility. Romania is one of the European countries with impressive potential in terms of balneology, having a wide diversity of natural factors that allow treating several medical conditions in the same resort. In addition, one-third of the mineral and thermal water springs in Europe are present on the Romanian territory, making Romania one of the most important European destinations in terms of natural spa resources. The present research aims to illustrate how the Romanian medical spas communicate with tourists about the therapeutic water available in five medical spas: Băile Felix-1 Mai, Techirghiol, Băile Tușnad, Sovata and Covasna, having as its main objective to raise the awareness among the spas representatives regarding the necessity of water management implementation. The research is based on primary data obtained from the official websites of the resorts included in the study and in the published scholarly articles that approached the Romanian medical spas.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/12/7/270spamedical spaRomanian balneologyhealing watersRomanian spawater resources |
| spellingShingle | Puiu Nistoreanu Alina-Cerasela Aluculesei Can Spa Tourism Enhance Water Resources and Turn Them into a National Brand? A Theoretical Review about the Romanian Case Information spa medical spa Romanian balneology healing waters Romanian spa water resources |
| title | Can Spa Tourism Enhance Water Resources and Turn Them into a National Brand? A Theoretical Review about the Romanian Case |
| title_full | Can Spa Tourism Enhance Water Resources and Turn Them into a National Brand? A Theoretical Review about the Romanian Case |
| title_fullStr | Can Spa Tourism Enhance Water Resources and Turn Them into a National Brand? A Theoretical Review about the Romanian Case |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Spa Tourism Enhance Water Resources and Turn Them into a National Brand? A Theoretical Review about the Romanian Case |
| title_short | Can Spa Tourism Enhance Water Resources and Turn Them into a National Brand? A Theoretical Review about the Romanian Case |
| title_sort | can spa tourism enhance water resources and turn them into a national brand a theoretical review about the romanian case |
| topic | spa medical spa Romanian balneology healing waters Romanian spa water resources |
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