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3.4.4. T - Card 
We live in a time of electronics, computers and check cards, and linking these 
three institutions into one system is still only a visionary idea: Abraham Horst 
(1985 p. 29), when imagining his ideal ski school, introduces the function of a 
magnetic card which each guest carries. The same way we phone today from the 
telephone box, it is possible to supply all location services with electronics and 
remove the usage of the wallet, problems with coins and tips ...After the stay is 
finished it is known instantly how much it was spent, and the payment must be 
immediate with "Visa" card or with credit in monthly installments. Differences 
in the total amount spent would not be so high, but the guest would pay what he 
really wants at that moment. BUFFETS, the way of nutrition when guest takes 
from the variety of dishes, as much as he want, also functions by the same logic. 
This reduces the amount of thrown food and requires less staff for serving the 
food, and the whole time, there is an illusion of luxury and abundance. 
3.5. The importance and the application of recreation and animation in 
spa tourism 
Tourism as a social phenomenon exists almost as long as the human self-
consciousness. Different needs stimulated a man, so the oldest travelling was 
for religious customs, healing, trade, learning, crafts etc..Tourism experienced 
intensive development after the industrial revolution, when the people, 

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realistically speaking, were expressing the greater need for a change, or a 
vacation, and when the fund of free time was created.
Using all the benefits of investment and knowledge of previous generations, a 
man lives more and more comfortable, with less physical stress, in comfortable 
conditions, eats more diverse food. Generations that grow are generally higher, 
better nourished, but they are less physically fit. Modern way of life brings with 
it a number of negativities, such as ground pollution, water pollution, air and 
nuclear pollution. Also, there is much more noise, the rhythm of life and work is 
accelerated, the number of stress situations increased. Special attention needs to 
be drawn to emphasizing of HYPOKINESIA, or, lack of movement in everyday 
life and work of a modern man. 
According to the researches of soviet academic Berg, in the last 150 years the 
way of life, especially manufacturing, has changed radically. For example, in 
1850, 95% of the used energy source was human muscular work, and the other 
5% was animal energy, water etc.. One hundred years later, in 1950, water 
energy water, coal, water steam, petrol and electricity covered 99% of energy 
required in the process of production at the global level. A quarter century later, 
the total energy of the human muscular work used in process of production is 
0.5% with a tendency of further reduction. Man as a species has survived for the 
centuries, using his work and moving from 10 to 16 hours per day, but today, he 
spends so much time sitting at work, in the car or in front of the TV. Body and 
certain organ systems simply cannot adapt so quickly to the new situation, 
which leads to a whole range of degenerative processes. 
*** Recreation and tourism more and more represent the biological and cultural 
necessity and wherever they appear they produce better living and work 
conditions. The pioneers of the modern tourism have spotted the thrill of the 
tourists when they are presented with an offer rich in content. They have put the 
sports recreational activities in the repertoire of their services and the results of 
that are: 
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Successful vacation from a health and recreational point of view, 
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Meaningfully spent time on vacation, without the feeling of boredom and 
lost time 
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The security of selling the capacities, persuasive marketing, the increase of 
trade
(Živanović, Ž. 1974). 
A tourist stay at a spa should enable the guests to solve their health problems 
primarily and meet their recreational needs. More than 200 years ago Tiso said: 

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“Physical activity can help or substitute the medicaments, while not even one 
medicament can be a substitute for physical activity.“ 
The implementation of organized recreation for groups of workers from 
Belgrade in Vrnjačka Spa (686 workers in year 1973) was analyzed, and it was 
stated: 
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78.58% improved their fitness condition 
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34.60% improved their mental freshness 
After 
interviewing 
the 
workers, 
following 
results 
were 
obtained: