| Title | Health and Tourism with Geothermal Resources in Italy: the Spa Situation |
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| Authors | Roberto Carella |
| Year | 2003 |
| Conference | International Summer School |
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| Abstract | The increasing attention to well-being is giving new impetus to the spa industry in Italy, after a long period of stagnation when spa stations were considered only places to cure diseases mostly of elderly people, rather than resorts for young and mature persons to become or stay fit. Italy has some 2,300 mineral water sources located in 930 locations, about a thousand of which are utilized. Two thirds are cold, while the rest exceeds 20 |