541-3511/01 – Spa (LZ)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Miloš Duraj, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Miloš Duraj, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with the history and present of spas and spa centers in the Czech Republic, Europe and world non-European locations. By completing the subject, students will learn to classify and characterize spas, spa procedures and activities associated with this form of health tourism. They will learn to present spa sites and their procedures based on examples from the Czech Republic and the world.
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Summary
The subject acquaints students of geoscience and industrial tourism with spas as an important part of the so-called health tourism. It informs about the care of clients' health, both with specialized medical procedures and various leisure activities (relaxation, tourist and sports, wellness programs). The spa has a long history of development. Over the centuries, we have encountered this form of business in various parts of the world, where the conditions were suitable for its development. European spas in the past were therefore important classic centers for the development of tourism. It was similar in the Czech Republic. In particular, mineral waters played an important role in domestic spas. Classical domestic spas, such as Karlovy Vary, Mariánské lázně or Františkovy lázně, also demonstrate, for example, the economic significance of this form of tourism with their architecture. Knowledge of natural factors, which include mainly hydrogeological factors, shifts the classic tourism to geotourism tourism.
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Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Knowledge are checked during the semester by a semester project and presentations in MS PowerPoint. The course is completed by an examination, which may be scheduled having gained the initial credit. The examination is divided into a written and oral part.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study recommended literature. Complete the projects and written test to checking the knowledge in the professional literature, the content of lectures and exercises.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction. The position of spa in society. Inclusion in the sphere of tourism
2. Definition of spa, development tendencies, preconditions for the development of spa and spa tourism
3. Spa as a part of health care system. Paid, contributory and self-paying care
4. Spa as a form of tourism. Spa and health tourism. Other forms
5. The importance of spa. Social and economic benefits
6. Development in the field of wellness
7. Spa functions (healing, rehabilitation, revitalization, rest, relaxation, pleasure)
8. Spa services (medical, accommodation, catering, cultural-social, sports-recreational, additional)
9. History of spas in the Czech Republic
10. Overview of the most important spa localities in the Czech Republic and their brief history
11. Spa in the world and its history
12. Overview of the most important spa localities in Europe
13. Exceptional world non-European spas
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