Health Resort Operations

Major: Tourism
Code of subject: 6.242.01.E.089
Credits: 5.00
Department: Tourism
Lecturer: Associate Professor Teodorovych L.V.
Semester: 8 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: knowledge of the main types of natural therapeutic factors and their distribution within Ukraine and in the world and the impact on health and well-being for use in medical technologies spa agencies; principles of the placement and operation of resorts and spa facilities, as well as patterns forming resort and recreational areas; understanding of the possibilities of using the potential of resort and recreational areas; basic trends of resorts in the world.
Required prior and related subjects: Fundamentals of Tourism Studies, Geography of Tourism, World Recreational Complexes, Tourism Management.
Summary of the subject: Balneology as science. Resorts as centers of medical and health tourism. Classification and typology of resorts. Climate as a natural therapeutic resource. Mineral water as a natural therapeutic resource. Current trends of functioning of resorts. Rules on spa treatments.
Assessment methods and criteria: - The current control (30%) are workshops, oral interviews and test; - The final control (70%) is a credit.
Recommended books: 1. Фоменко Н.В. Рекреаційні ресурси та курортологія. Навчальний посібник. / Н.В. Фоменко. – К.: Центр навчальної літератури, 2007. – 312 с. 2. Заваріка Г.М. Курортна справа. Навчальний посібник / Г.М. Заваріка. – Київ: Центр учбової літератури, 2015. – 264 с. 3. Туристична курортологія / Укл.: Бойко І.Д., Савранчук Л.А. – Чернівці: Рута, 2007. – 116 с.