HEALTH TOURISM IN TWO SPA RESORTS: BAILE FELIX (ROMANIA) AND BALARUC-LES-BAINS (FRANCE). A COMPARATIVE VIEW

Simona-Violeta Ardelean () and Alexandrina-Florina Teusdea ()
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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

Oradea Journal of Business and Economics, 2019, vol. 4, issue Special, 69-79

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.

Keywords: health tourism; spa resort; Baile Felix; Baladuc-les-Bains. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 L83 P36 Z30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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