Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

The Thalassotherapy in Mexico a therapeutic
tourism option
Peña M (1)
(1) Network Pharma SA de CV. Mexico
biomarianela@hotmail.com
México is one of the countries that have the best marine an thermal resources,
that’s why recently most of the efforts are strategically focus on tourism, specially
“Health Tourism”.
Our Country has about 9330 coast kilometers and that’s why has privilegged
level worldwide. More than 60% of the states are besides of the oceans coast. The
Talassotherapy is the most important therapy to develop at the close future in México.
Specially the Pacific Ocean has high flora and fauna bio-diversity . Plancton
diversity is one of the most important environmental issues that is the cause that
many whales and turtles species come to our Pacific Coast to reproduce and to get
better environment conditions to begin new life. Because of that, Jacques-Yves
Cousteau called the California Gulf (that is located at the Pacific Coast) “The
Worldwide Acuarium” .
Unfortunately the Thalassotherapy is a new tourism concept in México. Only 3
Tourism Centers developed with this concept were developed up to now, and people
from other Countries are the main customers of these Thalassotherapy Centers.
One the these Thalassotherapy destination is located at the Gold Pacific Coast,
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo at Guerrero State. During the year, this place has betwen 25 –
35oC temperatures and mainly European, USA and Canadian people enjoy these
friendly weather. Based at the European model (Spain and France) this Center that
is known as “Loma del Mar”, had focus mainly at Health Tourism as the “Healthy,
Sport Rehabilitation and SPA Thalassotherapy Center”. Their main focus is going
to be the retired and sport people in order to prevent decease by getting a wellness
life.
This Center has another theraphy treatments like the “Temazcal” Treatment that
has Prehispánic ritual bases with good therapeutic results.
The Thalassotherapy pool has 20 hydrodynamic equipment, that have different
uses based on the type of decease that people could have.
This Center is an example of the beginning of the development of the Healthy
Tourism in México that have the benefits of friendly weather and long Ocean
Coasts.
Balnea 417
ISBN: 978-84-669-1887-0
978-84-669-3482-4
2012, núm. 6, 417