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10/3/2011

General informationGeneral informationTerritory:Territory: 93,030 km93,030 km22,,Population:Population: 10 million10 million,,Capital:Capital: BudapestBudapest,,Climate:Climate: continentalcontinental,,EU EU andand Schengen memberSchengen member,,Central Europe's largest Central Europe's largest fresh water fresh water lakelake ((BalatonBalaton))

••FlighFligh time to Budapest:time to Budapest:RomeRome: 1 : 1 hourshours 30 30 minsminsParis: 2 Paris: 2 hourshours 5 5 minsminsHHelsinkielsinki: 2 hours 15: 2 hours 15minsminsLondon: 2 London: 2 hourshours 15 15 minsminsMadrid: 3 Madrid: 3 hourshours 10 10 minsminsNew York: 9 New York: 9 hourshours 5 5 minsmins

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BudapestThe Capital of Hungary

The City of Sopron

The Castle of Veszprém

Pécs and the Turkish Memories

Carnival of Flowers in Debrecen

Szeged with it’s summer theatre

The Country of Cultur and Fun

• Pécs: European Capital of Culture 2010• A country of music: Liszt (200 years

anniversary in 2011), Bartók, Kodály• Festivals: Sziget, Volt, Balaton Sound,

Hegyalja, SZIN…• Formula-1 Hungarian Grand Prix• Traditions and Nature• Gastronomy, Wines, Pálinka

• Hungary is nr. 1 best travel value in Europe, 3rd in the world* !

Medicine: a major element of a new national economic strategy:

– Health tourism investments based on natural resources(thermal waters, climate, etc.)

– Complex development of medical industry (geothermicenergy, balneology, pharmaceutical industry, medicalequipments, bio- and nanotechnology, etc.)

– Bio gardening and food processing

– Mineral waters

– Background industry and services (education, construction)

Great classic and trendy new hotelsZara Boutique Hotel

Ramada Resort Aquaworld

Royal Corinthia Hotel

Danubius Gellért Hotel

Extraordinary spa venues

Spirit Hotel Spa Resort

Aquaworld BudapestDanubius Health Spa Resort Margit-sziget

State-of-the-art event venues

Symbol Budapest

Material Event Center

IH Event Center

Lánchíd Palace

Sausages

Gulash (Pörkölt)

OnionPaprika

PálinkaHospitality

GyulaGyula•• The The namename of of thethe

towntown is is alsoalso menmennamename butbut originalyoriginaly a a titletitle

•• ManyMany sightseeingssightseeings: : museumsmuseums, , castlecastle, , bathbath, sport , sport facilitiesfacilities, , barsbars and and restaurantsrestaurants

•• 10 10 primaryprimary schoolsschools, , 5 5 secondarysecondary schoolsschoolsand 1 and 1 universityuniversity

Geographical location

Geographical location

• Gyula town lies on the South-Easternpart of the Hungarian Great Plain. Thetown located in 5 km far from theRomanian border.

• Some natural rivers near to the town,the Körös Rivers are the rivers of thecleanest water in Europe.

Border crossing• Romania became an EU member state on

1 January 2007, which made possiblethe simplification of administration alsoat the border station of Gyula. Itenabled us to visit the neighbouringcountry’s towns with any fundamentalpersonal paper (identity card, passport).The frontier control continues inexistence, since Romania does notbelong to the Schengen countries.

Population

• In Gyula of 32 000 inhabitants, peopleof Hungarian, German and Romaniannationalities have been living together inpeacefulness for long decades.

The Castle of Gyula

The Castle of Gyula

• This towered, Gothic castle builtbetween 1403 and 1445 has the best-preserved Gothic keep and chapel inHungary. The building complex includesthe Castle Baths. Theatrical productionsare staged here in summer. The castleof Gyula is only a brick castle was leftsoundly in Central Europe.

The Castle of Bath

Festivals and events

Festivals and events

• Végvári esték (border fortress evenings)

• August the 20. the holiday of the foundation of a state

• Gastronomic festivals and competitions

• „Pálinka” festival, musical programs

Active tourism

• Excursions• Water tourism• Equestrian tourism• Angling• Hunting• Further sport facilities

Accommodation

• Hotels (Elizabeth Hotel, Corso Boutique Hotel) Four star hotels

Accommodation

• Pensions• Private accommodation• Camp sites• Youth hostels• Rure accommodation

Szent István University Gyula

Focused on Szent Istvan University in Gyula

• At the recommendation of the European Council, withAmerican support, and as an affiliated department ofthe Medical School at the University of Debrecen, anursing degree programme started in the town ofGyula in 1993.

• The town has been providing beneficial possibilitiesfor the health care programmes at the college level inPandy Kalman Hospital for decades.

Our degree programmes

• Nursing and Health Care basic degreesubject

• Social Worker basic degree subject• Sanitation Management degree subject

- Health Tourism Management degreesubject

• Sanitation Management degree subject- Health Insurance degree subject

About Health Tourism• The unique degree programme started

in the town of Gyula in 2006 as one ofthe first such programmes in Europe totrain experts in the developing healthindustry and salutary tourism for theintegration into a network of variousnew services (e.g., holistic medicine,wellness, fitness, hydrotherapy,aromatherapy) and the marketing ofthese services.

So-called Health tourism• Health tourism is one of the most dynamically

growing lifestyle in the 21st Century.• Mostly, this sector focuses on the

prevention of physical and mental illnesses.• Nowadays, health maintenance is very

important – medication and recreation becomeone of the most useful business sectors.

Health tourism in Hungary• In Hungary, Szent Istvan University created the

complex network of health tourism. My country richof medical water resources may provide a newdevelopment alternative. (Hungary is the fifth richestcountry in the world interms of thermal waters andmedicinal waters.)

• In Hungary, the number of thermal bathes andwellness hotels providing services of high standardsincreased remarkably in the past years.

• Most of the hotels have many wonderful beauty andcare services (hairdressers, beautycians, solarium,pediceur, maniceur, massage).

Our subjects

• Law, Psychology, Anatomy andPhysiology, Medicine Latin, Math,Statistics, Economy, Rural Economy,Informatics, Geography, HealthGeography, Tourism, Wellness,Alternative Medicine (e.g. Yoga)Internal Medicines and so on.

Trainings• So far we have taken part in a

couple of useful trainings in mycountry (in Bekescsaba and Matra).

• I had to organise a special program(Literature Event) two years ago where I metmany interesting people. I heard many

beautiful poems there.

Trainings• As a student in Matra we went hiking with

our classmates and teachers. We visited manypublic baths where we got some informationabout physiotherapies, saunas (for exampleFinnish), massages (such as Swedish), vapour-and bubble baths.

Why is it worth being a student in Gyula?

• Gyula is one of the most beautiful small towns in Hungary. Theyhave some famous spas and the high-standard hospitalbackground.

• The town has many thousand tourist lodgings possibilities fromautumn to the beginning of summer for students to choose agood place to live.

• There is a wide range of cultural life (Renaissance Carnivals,festivals, concerts) colourful events for the tourists from springto autumn. The pubs and the beauty of the Mediterraneanenvironment make the town an ideal place for spending youthfulyears.

• The atmosphere of the university is familiar, it is not a´knowledge factory´ education institute.

• The university is well-equipped – you can find everything.(Electronic teaching centre, fitness-room, a healthy food-restaurant, library-room, computer-room and more newfacilities.)

University`s life

• Szent Istvan University has colourfulstudent`s life similar to otheruniversities – such as the Freshmenballs, so-called Szent Istvan University`Faculty Days` and Graduationceremony.

University´s life

Freshmen ball

Faculty daysOne year ago, we participated in Szent Istvan University`Faculty Days`(taking pictures of aura, Irisdiagnose,handwriting analysis, palm reading and tarot card reading, photocompetition and of course eating of delicious food).

`If you have a work instead of a job, every day is holiday.´

Paulo Coelho

Literature

•1. Lajos Köteles – Katalin Rozsnyai: Az egészségturizmus-szervez szak szakalapítási kérelme. (Foundation application of the health tourism organizer programme), TSC Institute of Healthcare Studies, Gyula, 2002

• Lajos Köteles – Katalin Rozsnyai: Határmenti turizmusfejlesztés humáner forrásainak korszer sítése. (Bringing to date the human resources cross border tourism development), PHARE CBC project proposal. TSC Institute of Healthcare Studies, Gyula, 2003

• Lajos Köteles: Az egészségturizmus, mint a turizmus oktatásának új területe. (Health tourism as the new field of tourism training), 2006 (under publication)

• Katalin Rozsnyai: Magyar-román együttm ködési lehet ségek a turizmusban. (Possibilities of Hungarian and Romanian cooperation in tourism), European Challenges 2 scientific conference, University of Szeged, pp. 176-180. 2003 (2)

• György Székely: Hungarian National Tourist Office

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