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Health Tourism In Two Spa Resorts: Baile Felix (Romania) And Balaruc-Les-Bains (France). A Comparative View

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  • Simona-Violeta Ardelean

    (Doctoral School of Economic Sciences, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania)

  • Alexandrina-Florina Teusdea

    (Doctoral School of Economic Sciences, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania)

Abstract

Health tourism is becoming more important as people are more concerned about their health. Meanwhile, traveling for healthcare and consuming medical tourism packages has increased significantly in the last decades. Moreover, many tourists travel abroad, with the intention of benefiting from quality treatments at lower prices, and sometimes benefiting from medical procedures which are unavailable in their home countries. Consequently, health and medical resorts make constant preparations to provide services conforming to the customers’ standards. In this article we present in a comparative perspective the case of two health resorts, i.e. Baile Felix (Romania) and Baladuc-les-Bains (France). Both resorts benefit from rich natural resources, especially thermal waters, but also accommodation and treatment facilities enabling them to provide high quality medical and tourism services.

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  • Simona-Violeta Ardelean & Alexandrina-Florina Teusdea, 2019. "Health Tourism In Two Spa Resorts: Baile Felix (Romania) And Balaruc-Les-Bains (France). A Comparative View," Oradea Journal of Business and Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 4(Special), pages 69-79, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ora:jrojbe:v:4:y:2019:i:special:p:69-79
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    Keywords

    health tourism; spa resort; Baile Felix; Baladuc-les-Bains.;
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    JEL classification:

    • Z30 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - General
    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • P36 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty

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