Spa tourism has been experiencing over the last decades significant changes in its nature. Supply and demand have changed in recent years, impacting on the function of thermal centers in general, and on the use of their base resource, mineral-medicinal water, in particular. Recently, this productive sector has been forced to resituate itself due to the unexpected outbreak of the Covid pandemic whose impacts on the sector are still to be fully calibrated, although it has already halted a large part of economic activity and global flows of people and goods. The present investigation examines the function and potential that spas have as health agents. In the case of Spain, this research note reflects on the opportunities, for a repositioning of this activity in the tourist dynamics that arise during and after a period of crisis.

在过去的几十年中，温泉旅游的性质发生了重大变化。近年来供求关系发生了变化，总体上影响了热中心的功能，特别是其基本资源的使用，特别是矿泉水。最近，由于Covid大流行的意外爆发，该生产部门被迫恢复原状，尽管该流行病已经停止了大部分经济活动以及全球人员和货物流动，但仍未完全消除对该部门的影响。 。本调查研究了水疗中心作为保健剂的功能和潜力。以西班牙为例，本研究笔记反映了在危机期间及危机后出现的旅游动态中重新定位此活动的机会。