Map of Spas in Europe > Termatalia, a Thermal Gate between Europe and Latin America

TERMATALIA, the International Fair of Thermal Tourism, is the only one specialized in this sector on the whole Spain and the only one to benefit from the official international recognition. The previous edition was a professional success thanks to the attendance of 25 countries, a 50% growth of international exhibitors, a 9 point visitors’ satisfaction index concerning the exhibitors’ quality and quantity, a 90% of the entities planning to participate again and the bet made by the General Board of Tourism of Galicia Council on this sector. Thereby, this means a great impulse for the Trade Fair.

Moreover, the Termatalia’s main characteristic is to become an exchange gate of the sector between Europe and Latin America. This was emphasized by Joachim Lieber, the General Secretary of the European Spas Association, during his speech at the Annual Congress of ESPA that recently took place in Estonia.

The Trade Fair

From 19th to 21st October, all kind of manufacturers, capital goods, cosmetics and services suppliers with wholesalers together with tourist supply, spa and thalassotherapy resorts from all over the world will attend the fair.

Next to the outstanding tourist and spa Spanish enclaves, other foreign tourist destination will be promoted i.e. Germany, Morocco, Tunisia, Uruguay Mexico, Brazil, Portugal, Belgium, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Poland and Argentina to name but a few.  In this edition other entities has confirmed their attendance as for example Businessmen Association of the sector as the ESPA (European Spas Association), the ANBAL (Spain’s Spas Association), Spas Town (Spanish Association of Municipalities and Provinces), the ATP (Portuguese Hot Springs Association).

This Trade Fair is focused on enhancing the value of water resource and the need to a sustainable and appropriate use of this resource and also it aims at promoting the development of this strategic market for the international tourism and more especially in the case of Galicia.

This information is updating in www.termatalia.com, a website only dedicated to this event. People interested in it can also subscribe to the Newsletter so as to receive all the fair’s novelties.

Trade Actions

The Programme parallel to the fair has all the necessary actions so as to promote business within the sector on the international scale. Among the most important actions there will be:

• ICEX (Foreign Trade Institute) - Visit of capital goods importers and investors from Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech Republic
• Turgalicia -  German specialized journalists travel
• Galicia’s Chambers of Commerce - Integrated mission of German TOs

Exchange Contract, leaded by Turgalicia and it will promote the marketing of accommodations so as to facilitate the biggest TOs to promote this tourist sector. This Workshop, of international standing, will gather spa resorts, thalassotherapy centres and spas from Spain and participating foreign countries together with travel wholesalers from national and international standing, most of them are specialized in health tourism.  Also,  Low Cost Operators, Congress Professional Organizers and other entities will participate to this action as well as tourist package’s creation promoters to support the development of spa destinations.

Others Professional Actions

Among the professional activities, there will be the International Waters Tasting that aims at developing the presence of waters menu in the restaurant industry. There will have three categories: water with a low mineral concentration, very low mineral concentration and bicarbonate mineral water. These will be appreciated by a panel of professional tasters and they will select the three best water of each category. All the results will be published in numerous professional magazines from Spain and Portugal. This water taste will be managed by the Sommeliers Galicia’s Association, “Gallaecia”.

Other actions will be carried out at Termatalia like the Job Exchange, in which all firm attending the trade fair will have the opportunity to propose its job supply and get in contact with people that are looking for a job and that left its CV.

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