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.
