Analele Universității din Oradea, Fascicula: Ecotoxicologie, Zootehnie și Tehnologii de Industrie Alimntară, [614187]

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Analele Universității din Oradea, Fascicula: Ecotoxicologie, Zootehnie și Tehnologii de Industrie Alimntară,
Vol. XIV B, 2015

STUDY OF SPA AND LEISURE TOURISM IN BUZIA Ș RESORT

Halasz Edith *, Roman Lucian **

*University of Oradea, Faculty of Environmental Protection, 26 Gen. Magheru St., 410048
Oradea, Romania, e-mail: [anonimizat]
** University of Oradea, Faculty of Environmental Protection, 26 Gen. Magheru St.,
410048 Oradea, Romania, e-mail: [anonimizat]

Abstract
Treatment and public health services, along with accommodation and transport services, and
many other services, are an essential part of tourism. The chosen topic focuses on the study of the
buzias spa resort from the perspective of various aspects of: tou ristic offer, the point of view of
budget, personnel and service quality, touristic demand, respectively the internal and international
touristic circulation within the national territory, the results of touristic activities, respectively
earnings, expense s and economic efficiency, the quality of the touristic activity through its social,
cultural and political effects. The paper is important because it highlights the close relationship that
exists between these indicators and the means of relaunching touri sm in Buzias.

Keywords: spa resort, indicators, tourism

INTRODUCTION

Tourism evolves under the development process of humanity, acting
as an important factor in economic growth.
Tourism represents a characteristic phenomenon of society, of
current civilisation, a major component of world economy.
Rest and leisure tourism means letting go of any sort of activities and
voluntarily doing activities prefered by each tourist. This type of tourism
helps replenish the physical and intellectual potential of the tourist after a
year of work and his preparation to begin a new year of work.
The current project means to analyse the factors that influence
touristic circulation within the spa resort Buzias, starting with geographical
factors, microclimate, natura l resources, up to economical and management
factors.
Also we propose to identify the aspects lead to desynchronization and
inaccuracies in the activities of SCTB Buzias, along with efficient methods
of eliminating them, with the purpose of relaunching to urism.

MATERIAL AND METHOD
In order to highlight changes that occurred in time, we will analyse
the touristic structures with accommodation functions which existed during

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1990 -1999 and 2000 -2014. The data which will be presented was given by
the National Institute for Statistics.
For obtaining the data about the touristic activity, the following
methods are used: periodic reporting at the border and in accommodation
spaces , through the hotel registration system and tourist groups or polls and
reports made among tourists. We can divide the tourists in two categories:
individuals and those who practice tourism as organized groups. The main
buyers of hotel services from SCTB B uzias SA are individuals, mostly
elders, who benefit from treatment or rest tickets.

RESULTS AND DISSCUSIONS
Table 1
Touristic structures with accommodation functions during 1990 -1999

Year Total Hotels Guest Houses Villas
1990 24 5 – 19
1991 24 5 – 19
1992 5 5 – –
1993 23 5 – 18
1994 27 2 – 25
1995 27 2 – 25
1996 25 5 – 20
1997 23 4 – 19
1998 26 4 1 21
1999 19 4 1 14

Processing of the touristic structures with accommodation functions during
1990 -1999
Table 2
Touristic structures with accommodation functions during 2000 -2014

Year Total Hotels Guest Houses Villas
2000 8 4 – 4
2001 8 4 1 3
2002 8 4 1 3
2003 9 4 1 4
2004 8 4 1 3
2005 8 4 1 3 0102030
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

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2006 8 4 1 3
2007 7 4 1 2
2008 7 4 1 2
2009 7 4 1 2
2010 6 4 1 1
2011 8 4 3 1
2012 8 4 3 1
2013 7 4 2 1
2014 7 5 2 –

Processing of thetouristic structures with accommodation functions during 2000 -2014

Analysing the years 1990 -1999 and 2000 -2014, the downward trend
of the available accommodation structures can be noted, especially villas
which decrease in numbers starting with the year 2000. If in 1994 and 1995
the maximum number of available villas was reached (25), in 2013 there is
only 1 villa remaining.
For the year 2014, the highest percentage, of the total accommodation
structures are held by hotels with 71,42% of the total existing touristic
structures with accommodation function in Buzias. In sec ond place are the
guesthouses that hold a percentage of 28,58% of the total of structures.

Table 3
Accommodation capacity existing in Buzias, during 2011 -2014

Year 2011 2012 2013 2014
Accommodation capacity (No. of spots) 1010 1010 978 924
Accommodation capacity – functioning (no.
spots -days) 293971 267874
251690
258088
0123456Hoteluri
Pensiuni
turistice

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Next we will analyse the index variation in time of the total
accommodation capacity, where:
𝐼=𝑁𝑜.𝑜𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛
𝑁𝑜.𝑜𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛−1X 100

For the year 2012, applying the above formula, there is no change of
the number of accommodation spots, compared to the previous year.
For the year 2013, applying the formula 𝐼= 978
1010𝑥 100, where
98,83% -100%= -3,17%, a decrease of the number of accom modation spots
was noted with 3, 17% compared to the previous year.
For the year 2014, applying the formula 𝐼= 924
978𝑥 100, where
94,47% -100%= -5,53%, a decrease of the number of accommodation sp ots
was noted with 5,53% compared to the previous year.
The percentage of accommodation spots existing in hotels, of the
total number of accommodation spots, in the year 2014 is computed with the
formula:
𝑃=𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑛𝑜.𝑜𝑓ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑠
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑜.𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑠X 100 therefor
𝑃= 5
7𝑥 100, from which results a percentage of 71,42% for the number of
existing spots in hotels, of the total number of accommodation spots.

Table 4
Tourist arrivals in accommodation structures in Buzias

Year 2011 2012 2013 2014
Number of
people 13633 12500 13466 12173

Data processing Tourist arrivals in accommodation structures in Buzias
13633
1250013466
12173
0200040006000800010000120001400016000
2011 2012 2013 20142014
2013
2012
2011

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During the analysed period, the highest level of tourist arrivals was
recorded in 2011,followed by 2013.
Table 5
Number of arrived tourists overnighting in Buzias, during 2011 -2014

Year 2011 2012 2013 2014
Number of
overnightings 13633 12500 13466 12173

Data processing the number of arrived tourists overnighting in Buzias
According to the data evaluation it can be observed that there was a
net increase of arrived tourists in Buzias in the course of the previous year.

Table 6
Utility index of the functioning accommodation capacity, during 2012 -2014

Year 2012 2013 2014
Utility indexes of
functioning
accommodation
capacity
33%
39%
41%

Graphical representation of the Utility index of the functioning accommodation capacity

050000100000150000
2011 2012 2013 201497011 90976 99545 107603
2011 2012 2013 2014
01020304050
333941

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These percentages result from the computation of the formula
In=Non/Cf, so dividing the total number of overnightings, the functioning
accommodation capacity, of the respective period.
During 2012 -2014, the highest level of occupancy of the functioning
accommodation capacity, was recorded in the year 2014.
The net utility index of accommodation spots from 2014 was of 41% of the
total accommodation structures, increasing with 2% compared to 2013 and
with 8% compared to 2012.
Table 7
Population by home at J anuary 1 in Buzias
Year 2012 2013 2014
Number of people 8496 8468 8388

Graphical representation of the Population by home at January 1 in Buzias
The touristic density in relation to the population, is calculated by:
Dt=no of arrived tourists/population.
In the analysed period, the highest level of touristic density in
relation to the population, was recorded in the year 2013 (1,59
tourists/inhabitant)
CONCLUSIONS
Buzias Resort does not function to the level of its potential, its
development from the point of view of economy and tourism is influenced
by a series of factors of several natures: economical, including here the fact
that the majority of shares is held by an investment fund (who is not directly
interested in valuing the touristic potential, which is reflected, among other
things, by the amounts invested in the resort), but also the global
development of romanian economy, geographical (the location of the resort
does not advantage it as an interest point for tourists), so cial (decrease in the
population’s income) etc.
The reorientation of tourism in Buzias can be conceived, from the
spa to leisure tourism. In this case, attracting the population of Timisoara
and Lugoj can be followed (an immense potential clientele, in re lation to
the possibilities of the resort).
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An urban plan is necessary to be made, to restore the resort its
atmosphere, altered by the socialist period constructions.it is an ambitious,
expensive and long term project, but with beneficial effects on the l ong term
development of the resort, which require the help of local and regional
authorities.

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