An introduction to the issue of Slovak spa with an example of the visit rate of Bardejov Spa in the context of history

The main objective of the paper is to evaluate the visit rate of Slovak Spa in general as well as the Bardejov Spa in the context of history in various periods of their development (in the years 1814-2017). In addition, there is a comprehensive view of the spa tourism development in the Bardejov Spa. The paper summarizes the history of the spa, natural medical sources, spa treatment and indications. The regression analysis has shown that an increase in the number of visitors was influenced by reconstruction, the development of treatment indications and visits of well-known historical figures, as shown by offsetting regression line with an increasing value of the variable (year) and the variable values visit.     

The Visit Rate of Bardejov Spa in the Context of its History

The main objective of this article was to evaluate the impact of historical events on the visit rate of Bardejov Spa in various periods of its development (in the years of 1814–2016). The collection of information on clients’ spa visits, especially the oldest data, was difficult (19th century and 1st and 2nd World War). Much information was available only in the State Archive of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic in Hungarian and Latin. Some data for several years were not available at all, and some data were not recorded in writing. The paper summarizes the history of the spa, natural medical sources, spa treatment and indications. At present, the number of guests has an increasing trend, as evidenced by the visit rate for 2016, as well as by current data for 2017. In 2016, Bardejov Spa reached a pick of the visit rate with 25,863 clients. In 2017, there were 27,170 clients. The main clients are the Slovaks, about 90%