European Spas in brief

Every year, European health resorts and spas generate turnover of some €20 billion. Employing over 500,000 people and supporting an additional 1.2 million jobs in related fields, the sector is one of the biggest employers in the EU in both healthcare and tourism – especially in regions where there is little industry.

Their unique mineral resources such as thermal springs, mineral springs and peloids as well as the healthy climate in low and in high mountains are successfully used for treatment in the areas of preventive medicine, rehabilitation and health resort medicine.  They also include numerous Kneipp centres and thalasso resorts, where treatment involves the sea climate and marine products.

European health resorts offer a diverse range of services. Nowadays, the classical methods supervised by spa doctors are accompanied by an array of techniques for helping patients to maintain their health.

They include medical wellness services, in which traditional and modern natural healing methods are combined with medical expertise. ESPA’s paramount job is to support and strengthen its members. Its objective is to maintain and develop the long-standing health resort culture in Europe and to align it within today's national medical systems and the EU.

Diary

30.09. - 03.10.2010  Workshop and Forum for Balneary Tourism in Sovata (RO)

06.10. - 10.10.2010  Annual Congress of the German Spas Association in Usedom (D)

15.10. - 17.10.2010  International Exhibition of Thermal Tourism in Ourense (E)

22.10. - 23.10.2010 International Congress: Spa therapy with saline waters  in health resorts in Bad Ischl (A)

22.10. - 23.10.2010  Meetings of the ESPA commissions Spa Medicine & Quality Standards in Bad Ischl (A)

28.10. - 29.10.2010  Assembly of the Swiss Spas Association in Bad Ragaz (CH)

11.11. - 14.11.2010  ESPA Seminar about quality in medical wellness facilities (EUROPESPAmed) in Bad Kreuznach (D)

14.11. - 16.11.2010  ESPA Board Meeting in Brussels (B)

03.03. - 05.03.2011  3rd AnfaÅŸ Hetex, Health, Spa&Wellness, Thalasso, Thermal and Medical Tourism Exhibition in Antalya (TR)

24.05. - 27.05.2011  16th ESPA Congress in Belek (TR)