Kaliningrad Region of Russia as Perspective Actor for Health-Tourism Development in Baltic Sea Region
Journal Title: Studia Periegetica - Year 2018, Vol 24, Issue 4
Abstract
The article considers the Kaliningrad region from the perspective of the development of medical and health tourism in the region. The main objective and problematic of the research is to study the potential of the Kaliningrad region in the development of health tourism and definitione the place of the Kaliningrad region’s health tourism in the Baltic Sea region. In the course of the study, methods of reviewing the literature on topics were applied, the experience of both Russian and foreign researchers was analyzed; For visualization of the results, the cartographic method was used, and the results of the analysis are presented in the form of graphs and tables. The article considers the natural and geographical prerequisites for the development of health tourism in the Baltic region, analyzes the sanatorium-resort base of the Kaliningrad region, shows the dynamics of attendance at sanatorium-resort institutions in the region from 2012 to 2016. The potential of each municipality of the Kaliningrad region in the development of medical and sanatorium-resort tourism is shown. As a result of the study, it was found out that the Kaliningrad region has significant potential for the development of therapeutic, health and medical tourism in the Baltic region: a developed sanatorium-resort network, natural resources (mineral water, therapeutic mud, etc.), an advantageous geographical position, affordable prices for spa treatment). However, it is necessary to expand the range of sanatorium-resort services of the institutions of the Kaliningrad region in order to be able to compete with similar institutions in the Baltic countries and neighboring Poland; improvement of medical infrastructure and level of medical services in the region to expand their range.
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Iryna Fedina-Zhurbina
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- DOI 10.26349/st.per.0024.2
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