Health Resorts Research Articles

Recreational zoning of Lesser Caucasus

In the article fundamental directions of mountain tourism development on the Lesser Caucasus are considered, for winter and summer rest attention is paid. Quantity of tourists rose early with the presence of different landscapes, hospitality of local residents and high level of perfection touristic infrastructure. A high sanative potential (combination of mineral and hot water resources and dense impassable forests on the steep hillsides), an availability of stable snow cover, an absence of strong winds in winter and a moderate summer ensure the successful and effective mountain tourism development in perspective. Apart from Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are considered the part of the Lesser Caucasus on territories of Turkey. Despite the fact that problem of Mountain Karabakh has not been fully solved in our days, in this region tourism is possible. Different factors of tourism development (landscape-aesthetic, hydrological, glacial, orographic, factor of transport accessibility, ect.) are reviewed. The opportunities of enlargement mountain and coastal territories, an establishment of new health resorts and rest areas, the revival and improvement of old touristic objects are described. All types of mountain rest are characterized: mountaineering, climbing, sports and walking, speleological, sanative, water, walking and large-scale. The principal routes and very interesting objects are indicated for every rest variety. Nature protection areas and principal rules regulating visits them was described. The recommendations for solving interaction problems of recreation with other varieties of nature using are made. Mapping produce in ArcMap 10.3.

Social Media Platforms as HR Marketing Tool in Selected Healthcare Service Providers

The research paper summarizes the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on the issue of social media platforms, HR marketing, E-recruitment and human capital management. The primary purpose of the research is to determine whether the size of the selected healthcare providers influences (1) the active use of social media platforms and (2) the creation of the recruitment videos to address potential employees on the internal or external labour market. Systematization literary sources and approaches for solving the problems of the social media platforms, HR marketing, E-recruitment and human capital management indicate that the implementation of IT technologies in the field of human resources management is becoming a necessity in today’s world. Regarding methodological tools of the research methods, this research study used quantitative and qualitative marketing research as the essential primary sources of information and data. For the precise questionnaire survey and understanding of the individual questions in the questionnaire, a pretest questionnaire survey was also carried out. The pretest was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2018 on a sample of eight respondents. A significant marketing quantitative research followed after the removal of minor shortcomings, from October 2018 to January 2019. The object of the study was selected healthcare service providers in the Czech Republic. Fifty-eight healthcare service providers were thus analysed. Besides other things, two research hypotheses and one research question were formulated. In the research study, the Pearson’s chi-square test, Microsoft Excel 2013 and IBM SPSS Statistics 23 were used to verify the research hypotheses. The research paper presents the results of an empirical analysis showing that (1) there is no statistically significant relationship between the size of the selected healthcare service provider and the active use of the social media platforms as an HR marketing tool; (2) there is a statistically significant relationship between the size of the selected healthcare service provider and the creation of recruiting videos to address potential employees on the internal or external labour market; (3) social media platforms are used for the communication with the patients, clients, public and further for PR or promotion of selected healthcare service provider and the recruitment purposes of human resources and HR marketing. The research also empirically confirms and theoretically proves the need for IT knowledge and the active use of IT technology in the area of human resources management, today in the 21st century. The results of the research can be useful for the domestic and foreign healthcare service providers such as hospitals, maternity hospitals, children’s hospitals, hospital wards, field hospitals, nursing homes, asylums, clinics, sanatoriums of long term disease, health resorts, thermal baths, healing spas and other health and medical institutions or for academicians that are interested in human resource management. Keywords E-recruitment, healthcare service provider, human capital management, HR marketing, social media platforms.

ГЕОПРОСТОРОВИЙ АНАЛІЗ РОЗВИТКУ ІНДУСТРІЇ ЗАСОБІВ РОЗМІЩЕННЯ ТУРИСТІВ У РІВНЕНСЬКІЙ ОБЛАСТІ

The aim is to analyze the development of the industry of accommodation of tourists in Rivne region in space and time. Method. The method of research of the industry of means of accommodation of tourists is used. The analysis of hotels by their number, capacity and number of beds; the number of specialized accommodation facilities for tourists and persons staying in institutions and the regional provision of farmsteads were revealed. The system-structural approach, method of generalization and abstraction, economic-static and graphic methods are applied. Regional statistics and reports of relevant agencies were processed. Results. The regional aspects of hotel development as a means of accommodation of tourists in Rivne region are studied, the number and capacity of establishments are estimated. As of 2017, there are 43 units in the region. Most hotels are concentrated within the city of Rivne and Rivne district. In the dynamics we observe an increase in the number of hotel establishments. In 2017, the capacity of hotels in the region decreased by 1.5 times, compared to 2010. We analyzed the health facilities of the region, which are undergoing significant transformations. The number of sanatoriums has decreased to 9 by 2015 and remains unchanged until now. This testifies to the crisis-stagnation phenomena in the sanatorium-resort sphere of the region. The number of people using the services of health resorts is decreasing. In the structure of the tourist accommodation industry an important place belongs to agro-villages. There were 60 rural estates in the region, which are considered as private accommodation for tourists. Most within the territories of Bereznivsky, Demydivsky and Zarichnensky districts, which are characterized by high natural resource potential. To increase the demand for accommodation for tourists in the region will help create a highly profitable tourism sector, able to produce and sell quality, competitive in the tourist market. Scientific novelty. The geographical and chronological aspects of the tourist accommodation industry of the studied region are revealed. Hotels and similar means of accommodation of tourists, specialized establishments as a part of sanatoria and camps of rest and a farmstead are systematically analyzed on an example of the Rivne area. Practical significance. The results of the work reveal the level and state of providing the Rivne region with accommodation facilities for tourists. Can be used in the preparation of regional socio-economic development programs. To be used in the development of possible recommendations for improving and justifying management decisions in the tourism industry on the example of regions.

Wyjazdy Jadwigi z Zamoyskich Sapieżyny

The main aim of the article is to discuss the travels of duchess Jadwiga Sapieha nee Zamoyska. In her life she experienced painful moments – seven out of her eight children died at various ages. In order to improve their health she left for health resorts, which she continued even after her children’s deaths. She travelled as a tourist, visited her family scattered around Europe, received various treatments together with her husband in various spas. Her travels entailed considerable activity. She travelled to remote destinations from the perspective of her contemporary times: she visited northern Africa, rested at the French Riviera or the Alpes.

What Is Necessary to Enhance Long-Stay Demand in National Hot Spring Health Resorts? ─From Considerations Based on Field Work─

What Is Necessary to Enhance Long-Stay Demand in National Hot Spring Health Resorts? ─From Considerations Based on Field Work─

ВОССТАНОВЛЕНИЕ ИНФРАСТРУКТУРЫ ЯЛТЫ В 1944 ГОДУ

The article considers little-studied stories in Russian historiography about the post-war state of Yalta — one of the most famous health resorts of the Soviet Union, the «pearl» of the southern coast of Crimea. Based on the analysis of mainly archival sources, the most important measures of the party and Soviet leadership bodies, the heads of garrisons immediately after the withdrawal of the fascist occupation regime were analyzed. It was established that the authorities paid priority attention not only to the destroyed economy and infrastructure, but also to the speedy introduction of all-Union and departmental sanatoriums and recreation houses, other recreational facilities. As a result of their coordinated actions in the region, food industry enterprises, collective farms and cooperative artels, objects of cultural heritage and the social and everyday sphere were put into operation in a short time.

Chronic Venous Insufficiency and Post-thrombotic Syndrome; Approach to Management and Health Resort Treatment

Introduction: Post- thrombotic syndrome (PTS) is the most common complication of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and develops in 20–50% of patients after a proximal DVT. Balneotherapy and hydrotherapy is justified in treatment of primary or post-thrombotic chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). M aterial: A review of articles was done in electronic databases Pubmed and Medline by keywords: postthrombotic syndrome, chronic venous insufficiency in conjunction with balneotherapy, hydrotherapy, kinesitherapy, coagulation. Results: Main risk of PST is considered as extensive proximal character of DVT, pre-existing CVI, older age, high body mass index, pre-existent varicosities. PTS refers to clinical manifestations of CVI, and is common cause of unilateral CVI. The thrombus itself may lead to venous valves destruction and reflux. The Villalta PTS scale may define and classify the severity of PTS Venous leg ulcers is the most advanced clinical manifestation of the disease. Prevention of PTS begins with prevention of initial and recurrent DVT includes use of compression stockings and anticoagulant medications. Treatment guidelines recommend anticoagulant therapy - five days with heparin followed by three months of oral anticoagulant after acute event, with subsequent long-term of extended therapy depending on patient’s risk of recurrence. Recent clinical trials indicate that the use of new anticoagulants (NOAS) reduces the incidence of PTS. Ultrasound compression test of the leg veins evaluates the degree of obstruction by clots. Medical therapy of CVI has still not efficient. Carbon dioxide baths and ozone baths have favorably affect hemostasis system. However there are only a few controlled studies evaluating effects of balneotherapy in primary and post-thrombotic CVI. The favorable effect of these mineral baths may result from both hydrostatic effects as well as the contribution with specific chemico-physical properties. The controlled trials (in patients with C3 -C5 stage) shown that balneohydrotherapy and kinesitherapy have decreased signs and symptoms in patients with primary and post - thrombotic CVI. Conclusions: The Health Resort treatment of patients with CVI in the mechanism of post-thrombotic syndrome should be preceded by evaluation of the venous system of the lower limb by compression ultrasound. Balneotherapy and hydroteraphy seem to be effective and safe procedures even in patients with advanced primary and post-thrombotic CVI stage.

ЛИТЕРАТУРНО-ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННЫЕ ТЕКСТЫ КАК ИСТОЧНИК ДЛЯ КУЛЬТУРОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ РЕКОНСТРУКЦИЙ В ИСТОРИИ МЕДИЦИНЫ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ РОМАНА ГИ ДЕ МОПАССАНА «МОНТ-ОРИОЛЬ»)

The reliable reconstruction of the historical cultural past and the search for sources for such reconstructions remains important methodological task. This task becomes even more complex, if we deal with the reconstruction of the special spheres of human activity, such as Medicine. Culture science, historical psychology, cultural anthropology pay more and more attention to the analysis of complementary discourse. The author considers that the literary and art texts can prove to be incomparable sources on the value of information. When we study texts on the History of Medicine replacement of historical and cultural context by clinical one inevitably occur. Researcher moves from the field of culture into the space of the professional constructions, which reduce our thoughts about the investigated object. Thus medicine is to be considered not as the separate element of culture, taken out from the context, but as complex cultural configuration. During the late 30–40 years History of Medicine noticeably changed, it left beyond the framework of narrow medical themes and recognized historical and cultural contexts as really actual. The authentic narrations describe actions of concrete persons, and acts themselves cannot be separated from the cultural environment. Many themes of the History of Medicine become clear for us in their literary and artistic reflection and in correlation with the cultural experience. A. Chekhov, L. Tolstoy, M. Bulgakov are authors, for whom medical questions existed in the historical cultural and moral-philosophical context. The hermeneutic method of the considerate of the texts through comments and criticism can be described as the method, close to phenomenological description. Article demonstrates an ability of art text to penetrate directly to the cultural context of epoch. In the center of attention is the novel of Maupassant “Mont-Oriole” and the reconstructions, which can be made on the basis of the text analysis. In the novel in detail the picture of treatment on the waters is restored, that proved by the numerous revealed in the novel topics: the popular methods of treatment; the relation between the doctors and the patients; the types of doctors, medical ethics; fashion in medicine, the current theories of the origin of diseases; the methods of observation and inspection of patients; the role of advertisement in the popularization of health resorts, the first training equipment. The general conclusion that text analysis can be represented as a method of detecting of the general historical cultural component in the vital space of individual is made.

ПРИРОДНО-РЕСУРСНЫЙ ПОТЕНЦИАЛ РАЗВИТИЯ КОНКУРЕНТОСПОСОБНОСТИ САНАТОРНО-КУРОРТНОГО КОМПЛЕКСА ПЕРМСКОГО КРАЯ

The article considers the economic and natural-climatic conditions for ensuring competitive advantages of resort medicine enterprises in the region. The dynamics of changes in indicators that reflect the socio-economic state of resort activity, as well as the market situation in the Perm region relative to other regions, is studied. The role of resort organizations in solving the main socio-economic problems of the region has been analyzed. The dynamics and relationship between the number of resort organizations and the health status of consumers of services is presented. The problems of development of the Spa complex are revealed. Potential socio-economic changes associated with the development of resort activities are listed. The article reveals the features of the impact of natural resource potential and socio-economic conditions on the development of health tourism in the region. The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of the influence of the natural resource potential on the development of health tourism in the region. A qualitative and quantitative assessment of the natural medicinal resources used for research on the development of sanatorium-resort activities in the Perm Territory has been carried out. The territory of the Perm region is known to have a high potential for the development of recreational activities thanks to the local natural healing resource. The resources of the Perm Territory represent unique medicinal properties necessary for the organization of treatment and prophylactic measures in the health resorts of the resort. The favorable climate and landscape have a positive effect on the health of the population and holidaymakers. The main area of work is to ensure access to citizens, pensioners and disabled people in the region’s sanatoriums. The formation of needs in the development of resort areas depends on the development of medical and recreational services, their impact on the psychophysiological state of a person. An expert assessment of the competitiveness of the sanatorium-resort organizations of the Perm Territory made it possible to determine the directions for increasing the efficiency of activities, taking into account the natural healing resources that affect the human body

Theoretical Aspects of the Organization of Health Resort Treatment in Russia at the Present Stage

Today, there are more than a hundred different types of tourism, and their number is constantly increasing. All types are one way or another integrated, at the same time remaining independent objects of research of tourist science. The present paper deals with one of the basic types – primary wellness tourism and mechanisms for its organization in sanatorium-resort institutions of the Russian Federation. Healthy and ecofriendly lifestyle, an increase in the number of stress factors in everyday life that adversely affect physical and mental health, rethinking of approaches to obtaining health and fitness services by the population are the order of the day, which often makes people choose trips to sanatorium-resort institutions as one of the priority areas for recreation. Similar trends are characteristic of Russia. Thus, the results of the study are particularly relevant for developing the system for providing medical and recreational services in the Russian market.

Ways to Resolve Global Problem of Collection, Conveyance and Disposal of Hazardous Medical Wastes in Ukraine

This scientific paper studies the procedure and specific aspects of collection, conveyance and disposal of hazardous medical wastes in Ukraine. Drawing on analysis of the state of matters in the sphere of collection, conveyance and disposal of hazardous medical wastes in Ukraine, we proposed effective ways to resolve this problem. With a view to improve the procedure for collection, conveyance and disposal of hazardous medical wastes in Ukraine, we proposed, firstly, to strengthen public control over the state procurement with the help of “DoZor public”, an online platform, where everyone can provide a feedback to a state customer or supplier, society or law enforcement authorities regarding the conducted procurement procedure, discuss and evaluate the terms of a particular purchase, and analyze purchases of a particular customer. Secondly, insufficient control by the state also provokes emergence of such situations. In this context, it is expedient to lift the moratorium on inspections of business entities by the controlling bodies. It has been established that the main sources of generation of pharmaceutical and medical wastes in Ukraine are: medical waste from hospitals, health centers, health resorts, outpatient clinics, etc.; materials from laboratories and pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises; tissues and body parts from surgical theaters; expired drug products; medical devices; leftover medicines in the form of liquid medicines, pills, solutions, etc. in a household setting; waste from pharmacies, pharmacy branches and pharmacy kiosks; packaging materials from drug products, etc. The author has investigated the main methods employed for destruction of poor-quality drugs in the form of solid products, powders (pills, capsules, granules, powders for injection), semisolid drugs (creams, gels, ointments) by means of encapsulation, inertization or high-temperature incineration.

КУРОРТНИЙ ПОТЕНЦІАЛ МЕДИЧНОЇ РЕАБІЛІТАЦІЇ: СТРАТЕГІЧНИЙ ПРІОРИТЕТ ДЕРЖАВНИХ ІНВЕСТИЦІЙ

The article, on the basis of the analysis of the current state of sanatorium and resort complex development (on the example of the Odessa oblast), substantiates the priorities of state investment into the development of medical rehabilitation at resorts (in the system of sanatorium and spa treatment). It is established that one of the most promising tourist and recreation centers in the Odessa region is the southwest coast of the Black Sea. In the seaside lane of the Odessa oblast there is a developed network of resort establishments (sanatoriums, sanatoriums-preventive hospitals, houses, boarding houses and recreation centers). To determine the strategic priorities of state investment in the resort sphere of the Odessa oblast, the territories most promising for spa and wellness and recreational development have been allocated, taking into account the rational use of natural healing resources and the potential of the resort and recreational infrastructure of the Odessa oblast. According to the current state of organization of the sanatorium and resort complex and resort-recreational activities in the seaside lane of the Odessa oblast the most attractive for investment are: territories with developed resort and recreational infrastructure: resort «Kuialnyk», resort «Serhiivka», recreation and health improvement zone «Zatoka», resort «Odesa-Center»; areas promising for the development of sanatorium and recreational, recreation and health improvement activities: Sasyksko-Shahanska area - between Lake Shahany and Lake Sasyk along the lagoons of Mali Sasyk and Dzhantshei. On the lands of Tuzlivska, Lymanska, Prymorska settlement councils of Tatarbunarskyi rayon; Kuialnytsko-Tylihulska area - is located between the left bank of the Kuialnytskyi estuary near the village. Krasnosilka along the Black Sea coast to the right bank of the Tylihulskyi estuary within the administrative boundaries of the Lymanskyi rayon of Odesa oblast. Within the area there are also the Small and Large Adzhalytskyi estuaries. It is proved that involvement in the sanatorium and resort industry of investments is the most urgent issue in the aspect of infrastructural development of medical rehabilitation. health resort institutions are the main objects of the resort and recreation infrastructure for the provision of sanatorium and resort, rehabilitation, wellness, tourist and other services. The organization of medical rehabilitation on the basis of health resort institutions provides a competitive advantage and additional investment attractiveness of the resort. It is determined that the investments can be aimed at modernization of existing or creation of new health resorts, organization on the basis of sanatoriums of rehabilitation wards, expansion and development of their medical base, modern high-tech rehabilitation equipment, scientific development of new rehabilitation technologies using natural healing resources, etc. The following prerequisites for the investment attractiveness of the development of the medical rehabilitation system at resorts are defined: the development of medical rehabilitation in health resort institutions is provided with regulatory legal regulation, the organization of medical rehabilitation in sanatoriums is defined at the legislative level; The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has developed the concept of reforming the rehabilitation system in Ukraine: the introduction of the International Classification of Functioning and the training of rehabilitation doctors; the project «Rehabilitation Map of Ukraine» has been launched; the process of inventorying the state of natural healing resources and obtaining the resort status by the respective territories is being implemented. It is emphasized that sanatorium and resort complexes at resorts should be the first investment objects, in particular investments should be directed to the modernization of sanatorium establishments and promotion of brand and rehabilitation services.

Changes in the structure of the tourist function in Kujawy spas (based on the volume and structure of tourist traffic)

The purpose of the paper is to identify changes in the structure of the tourism function in Kujawy spas which have led to their transformation into tourism and health resorts. The study was based on tourist traffic statistics referring to the period 2000-2017 and included defining the relationship between curative and other forms of tourist traffic. The author has used a wide range of statistical data, as well as information provided by surveys to determine and analyze the statistical indicators of tourist traffic pace, intensity and structure. The analysis reveals a significant transformation of the spas in Kujawy. This is confirmed by the indicators of curative and non-curative tourist traffic and by the reasons for visiting health resorts. The pace of changes in the tourism function in individual spas is varied. It is fastest in Ciechocinek, accelerating in Wieniec-Zdrój and slowest in Inowrocław. The changes occurring in the spas are causing their gradual transformation into tourism and health resorts.

The Effect of Location on the Value of Ornamental Trees Using the Example of a Green Space in Lublin

Abstract This paper examines and identifies, using a specific example, how the location of trees influences their value. For the valuation of trees outside a forest area, appraisers often employ methods recommended for estimating forest stands, which significantly reduces the value of trees and valued properties. The tree-valuation method developed by SZCZEPANOWSKA et al. (2010) was used in our study. First, we compiled an inventory of trees located on plots intended for expropriation. The study covered all specimens with trunk circumferences of over 25 centimetres, which amounted to a total of 76 trees. We considered the value of the trees in the conditions of the actual location, which means that our calculations included house gardens in the city and the values of the same trees in hypothetical growth conditions: tree stands in rural and urban areas, green spaces in urban and rural areas, housing estates, roads and streets (both urban and rural), and historic areas, health resorts and health-resort protection zones. Our study has shown that the tree valuation method based on differentiating coefficients is a very useful tool for establishing the value of trees in outlying areas.

Strategic Directions of Developing Networking Cooperation in the Service Sector of the Southern Federal District

The goal of this article is to determine the strategic directions for developing networking cooperation in the service sector in order to encourage a sustainable market growth. The sanatorium and spa services are an element of the recreational industry of the Southern Federal District. They form the basis of health tourism in which leading health resorts of the constituent entities (regions) specialize. The article studies the main strategic areas of the regional development. The author identifies the problems and limitations of the development of the service sector associated with low rates of innovation and a differentiated level of the social and economic development of the territories. Only several regions in the district occupy leading positions in the country’s economy while the rest of the regions are depressed areas. The market potential of sanatorium and spa services is not used efficiently taking into account the growing needs of the population in medical and recreational services and the strategic goals of the regional development. The paper studies the indicators of the development of the sanatorium and spa industry of the country and the economic indicators of the Southern Federal District, regional sanatorium and resort institutions. The author identifies the perspective areas of networking cooperation which may affect implementing the district’s innovative development scenario. The basis of the networking cooperation in encouraging the sustainable growth of the market of sanatorium and spa services is presented by the relations with enterprises of linked industries, as well as educational, research and financial spheres. The paper determines the system of measures contributing to the development of the effective networking cooperation in the service market of the Southern Federal District.

Towards the creation of state-owned resort in the city of Morshyn (Lviv region (Ukraine)

For the organization of the resorts natural areas of resorts, which have natural therapeutic and recreational resources, which is a powerful potential for the development of medical rehabilitation, treatment, health improvement and medical tourism are used. The creation of resorts requires the presence of a number of components: natural therapeutic resources, sanatorium and health resorts, infrastructure (balneological, mud therapy, pump room with mineral water, etc.) and a professional staff of employees. Depending on the quality and value of natural therapeutic resources, there are distinct state and local resorts. On the territory of the city of Morshyn (Lviv Oblast, Ukraine), almost 150 years ago, the usage of mineral water for treatment was applied for the first time. During the period of independence of Ukraine, the medical-biological evaluation of medical brines of the Morshynsky deposit of Bonifaci, Banya and Ninivsky deposits was carried out, which included physico-chemical, microbiological and experimental studies in laboratory animals and clinical trials. Also, the current state of the natural territories and infrastructure of sanatorium and resort establishments is assessed, the definition of the natural territory of the city of Morshyn is grounded as a resort of state importance.

The analysis of the rail accessibility to the health resorts in the Dolnośląskie and Malopolskie voivodships

The article concerns railway access to spas of two voivodeships in the southern part of Poland. The author conducted surveys in spas to identify traits that in the eyes of the patients are developmental factors of the railway. The content of railway timetables in terms of travel time to spas and frequency of connections was also analyzed. The idea of an original typology of health resorts is being developed in terms of accessibility by rail. Four types of spas were distinguished: neighborly communication, poor reachability, unused opportunity and tourist expansion.

Assessment of the Health Risk Related to Air Pollution in Selected Polish Health Resorts

Assessment of the Health Risk Related to Air Pollution in Selected Polish Health Resorts

Możliwości powstania nowych uzdrowisk na obszarach wiejskich. Kontekst krajowy i regionalny

<p>Kilkanaście miejscowości w Polsce od kilku lat czyni starania o uzyskanie statusu uzdrowiska. Wiąże się to nie tylko z ograniczeniami w prowadzeniu działalności gospodarczej, wynikającymi z konieczności zachowania wysokiej jakości środowiska, lecz także przynosi gminie określone korzyści materialne i pozamaterialne. To właśnie ze względu na korzyści status uzdrowiska coraz częściej staje się statusem pożądanym przez wiele gmin mających walory uzdrowiskowe. Celem badań, których wyniki przedstawiono w niniejszym artykule, było rozpoznanie stanu i możliwości rozwoju funkcji uzdrowiskowej na obszarach wiejskich w Polsce. W szczególności zwrócono uwagę na przykład województwa lubelskiego, będącego peryferyjnym regionem Unii Europejskiej. W tym celu przeanalizowano wybrane dokumenty planistyczno-strategiczne gmin typowanych jako potencjalne uzdrowiska w Planie Zagospodarowania Przestrzennego Województwa Lubelskiego. Ważną rolę odegrało studium przypadków na tle prezentacji kontekstu rozwoju uzdrowisk w Polsce, oparte na literaturze, aktach prawnych i danych GUS.</p>

Health Resorts: A Unique Phenomenon in the Tourist Market

The article provides a brief insight into the history and reviews the current state of the health camps and health resorts in Russia. The conclusion is drawn that over the centuries Russia has developed traditions of health and resort recreation. The author suggests that some elements of the Soviet model of the relationship between the State and health resorts be extrapolated to the modern legal ground. The paper expresses the opinion about the possibility of using the legal mechanism of health resorts self-regulation. The legal status of health resorts is considered, the spectrum of functions and services performed by them is described. The author has classified services provided into basic (medical, temporary accommodation, nutrition) and supplementary (tourist, household, entertainment, sports and recreational, trade services) services. It has been proved that the specificity of the sanatorium-resort tourist product involves the complexity of the services it includes. Their integration and merger gives a synergistic effect, which leads to an increase in the efficiency of recreation and recovery as the main goal of tourism. The paper describes the system of requirements applied to regulate the work of health camps and health resorts. The paper demonstrates the importance of health resorts, determines their place in the tourist market, dwells on the specifics of health resorts in the sphere of tourism. The author focuses on the problems and contradictions of the legal regulation of activities of health resorts, ways of their minimization. Empirically, the research is founded on statistical data and the results of the author’s questionnaires used to question different parties involved . Analysis of the results of the survey showed that most respondents do not associate health resorts with tourism. However, under Russian and international regulations, health camps and health resorts are referred to medical tourism, the main specificity of which is that it involves medical treatment. The author provides arguments in favor of the necessity of systematic work aimed to explain obvious advantages of health tourism. Attention is drawn to the role of health camps and resorts in achieving the program goals of the State.