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concretely in a more specific and efficient way the spa centres come to life more
in the second half of the 19th century, when ownership has resolved and they
passed on the rent or posterior repurchase to a private undertaking. Health
spas were included in the national statistics already from 1864. The develop-
ment of the spa was compared to other spas of a territory and country inap-
propriately more modest, responsible by various reasons, problems with own-
ership, financial resources, infrastructure and transport connection, and last
but not least the never realized investments in the spa. Sulphuric spa also did
not fit the “classic” thermal spas, which were very successfully developed in the
Monarchy and in other Slovenian territories. Based on the preserved resourc-
es and literature it could be observed a lack of adequate regulation of marginal
activities for guests, such as concerts, tours, places for reading and related ac-
tivities and offerings, which were an integral part of any well-known and suc-
cessful spa or resort. Sv. Štefan has maintained the spa town character main-
ly. In comparison with the English area, the spa in Sv. Štefan developed later if
we consider only that the first modern thermal spa in England (Bath) has be-
gun to develop at the end of the 17th or early 18th century, when it has been also
the most established. Continental Europe has also delayed from England there
the spa came into fashion towards the end of the 18thcentury. The most famous
and successful spa of the Slovenian territory are, Rogaška Slatina and Dobrna,
which started their activity at the beginning of the 19th century, at the same
time took place the development of sulphuric spa in Sv. Štefan.
The sea
In the coastal area the coastal tourism has developed somewhat later in com-
parison with thermal tourism and also in comparison with the development
in the rest of Europe. The specialty of such destinations of Austrian littoral, or
“Riviera” was the simultaneous development of different forms of maritime
thermal spa tourism, namely the winter–climate and summer-maritime tour-
ism. The development of the medical profession and new medical findings,
where therapeutic effects were recognized in the sea and in the sea air, in par-
ticular since the second half of the 19th century on the territory of the Austri-
an Littoral encourage the development of maritime health spas. Doctors were
encouraging formation of bathing plants and introduction of treatment with
sea water, air, brine and mud for many diseases that plagued the population of
the industrial age.
Some places, such as Opatija and Lošinj, has developed in the first phase
as a winter maritime destination wintering in warmer climes, which hap-
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concretely in a more specific and efficient way the spa centres come to life more
in the second half of the 19th century, when ownership has resolved and they
passed on the rent or posterior repurchase to a private undertaking. Health
spas were included in the national statistics already from 1864. The develop-
ment of the spa was compared to other spas of a territory and country inap-
propriately more modest, responsible by various reasons, problems with own-
ership, financial resources, infrastructure and transport connection, and last
but not least the never realized investments in the spa. Sulphuric spa also did
not fit the “classic” thermal spas, which were very successfully developed in the
Monarchy and in other Slovenian territories. Based on the preserved resourc-
es and literature it could be observed a lack of adequate regulation of marginal
activities for guests, such as concerts, tours, places for reading and related ac-
tivities and offerings, which were an integral part of any well-known and suc-
cessful spa or resort. Sv. Štefan has maintained the spa town character main-
ly. In comparison with the English area, the spa in Sv. Štefan developed later if
we consider only that the first modern thermal spa in England (Bath) has be-
gun to develop at the end of the 17th or early 18th century, when it has been also
the most established. Continental Europe has also delayed from England there
the spa came into fashion towards the end of the 18thcentury. The most famous
and successful spa of the Slovenian territory are, Rogaška Slatina and Dobrna,
which started their activity at the beginning of the 19th century, at the same
time took place the development of sulphuric spa in Sv. Štefan.
The sea
In the coastal area the coastal tourism has developed somewhat later in com-
parison with thermal tourism and also in comparison with the development
in the rest of Europe. The specialty of such destinations of Austrian littoral, or
“Riviera” was the simultaneous development of different forms of maritime
thermal spa tourism, namely the winter–climate and summer-maritime tour-
ism. The development of the medical profession and new medical findings,
where therapeutic effects were recognized in the sea and in the sea air, in par-
ticular since the second half of the 19th century on the territory of the Austri-
an Littoral encourage the development of maritime health spas. Doctors were
encouraging formation of bathing plants and introduction of treatment with
sea water, air, brine and mud for many diseases that plagued the population of
the industrial age.
Some places, such as Opatija and Lošinj, has developed in the first phase
as a winter maritime destination wintering in warmer climes, which hap-
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