At the World Health Tourism Forum held in Kiev with the participation of 58 countries, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) was represented by Dr. Ahmet Savaşan, President of the Cyprus Health Tourism Council.

According to the statement made by the Council; It was reported that Dr. Ahmet Savaşan represented the TRNC at the 5th World Health Tourism Forum held with the participation of 58 countries Offline and Online in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, which holds the term presidency of the World Health Tourism Council.

The World Health Tourism Forum was attended by expert speakers from Turkey, USA, Germany, China, Ukraine, India, Israel, Croatia, Greece, Poland, Nigeria, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Dr. Ahmet Savaşan made a speech on “Health Tourism Opportunities of Northern Cyprus and the advantages offered in IVF Treatments”.

We had a successful performance in the fight against Covid-19

In his speech at the forum, Savaşan pointed out that many things are changing rapidly today, people attach much more importance to protecting and improving their health than in the past, and in parallel with this, the non-medical segments of health tourism will gain more importance day by day. Pointing out that the COVID-19 pandemic, which shook the world deeply, negatively affected human life as well as tourism in general and health tourism in particular, and caused great losses in all economic areas, Ahmet Savaşan pointed out that despite this, Northern Cyprus has shown a successful performance in the fight against Covid-19 compared to many countries in terms of protecting the health of its own people and the health of tourists.

We are a healthy and safe tourism destination

Pointing out that the rate of people who lost their lives due to Covid-19 in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is % 0.08 and the rate of positive cases per hundred thousand is % 0.5, Ahmet Savaşan pointed out that when these data are considered, Northern Cyprus has become a strong alternative destination that offers healthy holiday opportunities to tourists as a safe tourism country.

We have what it takes to be preferred in health tourism...

Underlining that this success was achieved as a result of the work of scientists working in qualified universities in the TRNC, the services produced in state-private institutions and organizations related to doctors and healthcare professionals, and most importantly, the political decisions taken on time and the compliance of the people of the country with the rules, Ahmet Savaşan said that Northern Cyprus is preferred by more and more health tourists every day thanks to its success in the fight against Covid-19, its geographical location, historical, touristic and humanitarian features, as well as the price advantages it combines with its potential in health, and that they are working to ensure that this momentum continues to increase.

With THY, transportation is possible from all over the world...

Stating that Northern Cyprus, which is an hour's flight away from Istanbul Airport, can be easily reached by Turkish Airlines from all over the world, Ahmet Savaşan underlined that health tourists coming to Northern Cyprus are offered a comfortable treatment guarantee at international standards without waiting time at advantageous prices with specialist physicians and qualified healthcare personnel in hospitals and clinics with international accreditations where advanced technology medical devices are used.

Our pregnancy success in IVF treatments % 90...

Botox, filling, aesthetics, hair transplantation, oral, dental and maxillofacial diseases, angiography, wrist stent placement, arrhythmia treatment, By-Pass surgeries, closed heart surgeries, nuclear medicine diagnostics and treatments, radiotherapy and chemotherapy applications in Northern Cyprus with its potential in medical massage, SPA applications and elderly-disabled tourism, Explaining that high standard health services are provided in the fields of relex smile eye laser treatment, orthopedics and traumatology, general surgery, Ahmet Savaşan pointed out that IVF treatments offer a great opportunity compared to Europe and many other countries thanks to the % 90 success achieved in pregnancy success average and the price advantages created.