VELI LOŠINJ- SEA CLIMATE RESORT IN CROATIAN HEALTH CARE ANDTURISM

Industrijalizacija i suvremeni način života, naročito u velikim gradovima, stvaraju potrebu za boravkom u klimatski povoljnijim i zdravijim mjestima. Republika Hrvatska bogata je takvim mjestima, među kojima Veli Lošinj ima istaknuto mjesto. Razvitak medicine, a naročito farmakoterapije od početka pedesetih godina, doveo je do zanemarivanja primjene prirodnih, osobito klimatskih i talasoterapijskih, ljekovitih čimbenika u medicini. Svrha je rada potaknuti obnovu primjene prirodnih, klimatskih i talasoterapijskih ljekovitih čimbenika u hrvatskoj medicini i turizmu. Cjelogodišnje djelovanje posebne zdravstvene ustanove preduvjet je zdravstvene primjene prirodnih, klimatskih i talasoterapijskih ljekovitih čimbenika u Velomu Lošinju i bilo bi značajan prilog obogaćenju hrvatske turističke ponude.Industrialisation and modem way of life in the big cities create a need for a stay in places that have healthier climatic and environmental conditions. The Republic of Croatia has many of them, and Veli Lošinj is one of the most significant. The development of medicine - particularly pharmacotherapy since 1950\u27s - was the reason why natural climatic and thalassoterapeutic healing factors were severely neglected in contemporary medicine. The purpose of this paper is to promote the revival of natural, climatic and thalassotherapeutic healing factors utilisation in Croatian medicine and tourism. The permanent usage of the special health institution is necessary prerequisite for use of natural, climatic and thalassotherapeutic healing factors in Veli Lošinj and would be an important contribution to the Croatian touristic offer