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Bardejov Spa: the analysis of the visit rate  in the context of historical periods of its development from 1814 to 2016

Economic Annals-XXI

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 167, Issue 9-10, Pages: 57-62

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Mitríková, J., Sobeková Voľanská, M., Šenková, A., Parová, V., & Kaščáková, Z. (2017). Bardejov Spa: the analysis of the visit rate  in the context of historical periods of its development from 1814 to 2016. Economic Annals-XXI, 167(9-10), 57-62. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V167-12

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Jana Mitríková
PhD (Geography),
Senior Lecturer,
Faculty of Management,
University of Presov
16 Konstantinova Str., Presov, 080 01, Slovak Republic
jana.mitrikova@unipo.sk
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8164-7556

Mária Sobeková Voľanská
MA (Management),
Faculty of Management,
University of Presov
16 Konstantinova Str., Presov, 080 01, Slovak Republic
volanska.maria@gmail.com
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4216-7285

Anna Šenková
PhD (Management),
Senior Lecturer,
Faculty of Management,
University of Presov
16 Konstantinova Str., Presov, 080 01, Slovak Republic
anna.senkova@unipo.sk
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5291-1194

Valéria Parová
PhD (Management),
Lecturer,
Faculty of Medicine,
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
1 Tr. SNP Str., Košice, 040 11, Slovak Republic
valeria.parova@upjs.sk
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3507-0538

Zuzana Kaščáková
PhD Student (Management),
Faculty of Management,
University of Presov
16 Konstantinova Str., Presov, 080 01, Slovak Republic
zkascako@gmail.com
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0591-1690

Bardejov Spa: the analysis of the visit rate in the context of historical periods of its development from 1814 to 2016

Abstract. The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the impact of historical events on the visit rate of the Bardejov Spa in various periods of its development (in the years 1814-2016). It gives a comprehensive view of the spa tourism in the Bardejov Spa. The paper summarises the history of the spa, its natural sources, treatment and indications. The conducted regression analysis has shown that an increase in the number of visitors was influenced by reconstruction, construction, development of indications for treatment and visits by well-known historical figures, as shown by the offsetting regression line with an increasing value of the year variable and the visit rate variable.

Keywords: Bardejov Spa; Visit Rate; Spa Tourism; Spa Treatment

JEL Classification: I10; L83

Acknowledgments: The article is related to KEGA project 020PU-4/2015 and VEGA project VEGA 1/0789/17.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V167-12

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