Viktor Orbán inaugurated the new thermal bathing complex in Nagykáta on Monday. The project situated some sixty kilometres from Budapest was implemented partly from aid supplied from the New Széchenyi Plan and partly from local funding.
The construction of the new bathing complex began a year ago. The three-storey bathing complex with a useful ground space of 1,300 square metres, providing full access for the disabled, was implemented as a green-field project, and one of the pools on the premises of the outdoor bathing complex was also rebuilt.
The Prime Minister said that thermal water is one of Hungary’s treasures. Medicinal tourism and the development of bathing complexes constitute one of the top priorities of the Government’s development programme, the New Széchenyi Plan. One of the goals of the Government’s development policy is to effectively use Hungary’s exceptionally rich thermal water supplies and geo-thermic features, while it is another priority to create a harmonious system by linking together the industries that serve to preserve and restore health and promote conscious and healthy lifestyles.
The Prime Minister believes that the Nagykáta project, that also creates new jobs, also demonstrates that only the combination of perseverance, local initiative, inventiveness and diligence may render Hungarians successful.
The Prime Minister recalled that the conscious exploitation of Hungary’s thermal water supplies began during the first Orbán Government, in 2000, as part of the first Széchenyi Plan.
Visitors to Hungary may enjoy thermal bathing complexes and thermal waters with truly unique properties both in the capital and in the provinces. The most famous bathing complex in Budapest is the beautiful Széchényi Baths, which is also a listed monument; however, there are a number of other smaller, bathing and spa complexes, which are also introduced on the website at http://www.budapestgyogyfurdoi.hu/en
Most popular baths outside Budapest: Hévíz, Harkány, Hajdúszoboszló, Sárvár. See: http://www.thermalbathguide.com/thermal-bath-directory/hungary-thermal-baths/
Hungary’s thermal water supplies are unique in their quantity and, in particular, in their quality also by global standards. Hungary has an outstanding reputation and major traditions in tourism organised on the foundations of thermal water and rehabilitation based on the country’s existing curative and medicinal factors. Its thermal and medicinal facilities are widely known throughout the world. Hungary is extremely rich in mineral waters and medicinal thermal waters; in addition to Iceland, Japan and New-Zealand, Hungary has the largest thermal water supplies, and the medicinal effects of these thermal waters are unique in the world. As regards its thermal waters and medicinal waters, Hungary is number one in Europe; at present, there are some 500 thermal water sites, which means that natural waters hotter than +30°C occur in 70% of the country’s territory.
Visit Hungary. www.visit-hungary.com
(kormany.hu)
