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The water is radio-active <strong>and</strong> contains calcium-magnesium-hydrogen-carbonate, sodium,<br />

sulphate <strong>and</strong> fluoride ions. Therapeutic is suggested for degenerative joint diseases, chronic<br />

<strong>and</strong> sub-acute arthritis, discus hernia <strong>and</strong> neuralgia. The bath has steam pools <strong>and</strong> swimming<br />

pool. The water temperature is between 16 – 42 ºC.<br />

The bath the similar services as the mentioned 3 baths. The difference is the activity on the<br />

programs for the Jung generation, for example the Cinetrip SParty. The centralisation is the<br />

same than in the Gellért, in the Széchenyi <strong>and</strong> in the Lukács bath. The domestic <strong>and</strong> the<br />

international market are equally important for the bath.<br />

As mentioned above in three spas are daily hospitals, in the Gellért bath, in the Széchenyi<br />

bath <strong>and</strong> in the Lukács bath, which is a separate part in the bath. It determines the profile of<br />

the bath too. Complex therapies are needed <strong>and</strong> constant doctor attendance. Cooperation with<br />

National <strong>Health</strong> Service, with the hospitals has to be stronger. Also connections with foreign<br />

(public) health funds can cause an increment in the number of visitors in the future.<br />

Nowadays prevention is important as well, <strong>and</strong> therefore the bath has to focus not only on the<br />

ill, elder people. The product innovation <strong>and</strong> the services have to focus on the need of the<br />

inhabitants of Budapest, the domestic <strong>and</strong> the international market as well.<br />

Results<br />

This research noted measures the historical evolution of the spa market in Budapest <strong>and</strong> the<br />

curve of dem<strong>and</strong> by the number of guests visiting the most important spas in the capital city<br />

of Hungary in the years 1995 – 2008. We analysed the number of guest arrivals at the public<br />

accommodation in Budapest, to prepare a destination life cycle for the capital city of Hungary<br />

<strong>and</strong> the number of visitors’ at the most important spas in Budapest to prepare a product life<br />

cycle for the spas. We can see on Figure 1 that the destination life cycle of Budapest is in the<br />

stagnation phase. After an increase from 2002 the guest flow stabilized in the years of 2004-<br />

208.<br />

Figure 1<br />

3000000<br />

2500000<br />

2000000<br />

1500000<br />

1000000<br />

500000<br />

0<br />

Tour i st a r r i v a ls of publ i c a c c omoda t i ons in B uda pe st be t we e n 2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 9<br />

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009<br />

year s<br />

Source: Central Statistical Office, own illustration<br />

Inter national tour ist ar r ivals<br />

Domestic tour ist ar r ivals<br />

Total

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