ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT'S IMPACT ON RESORT DEVELOPMENT IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION

The possibilities to develop resorts and spa in the Baltic Sea region countries have not yet been fully analysed. Environmental management is one of the most important factors for the overall development of the region. It is marked in the Baltic Sea country development strategy that environmental management has a direct positive impact on the development of health tourism, to which identification and use of medical resources is very important. In the framework of the International Cooperation Project of The Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) coastal municipalities conducted research on available medical resources and their possible use when developing resorts and spas. In this article, the authors analyse the effect of environmental management on the possible use of medical resources in the coastal municipalities of Latvia. In order to analyse the environmental management in the region and the medical resources, a group of research instruments had chosen. The research analyses data on coastal balance of lake basin water and level, geological structure, pollution levels, water quality and its compliance, as well as possible usage in resorts.