Ahmet Savaşan, President of the Health Tourism Council, pointed out that the global economic outlook remains uncertain in an environment of slowing growth in developed economies and developing countries struggling to sustain further growth. Savaşan said that global travel movements, which have shown resilience despite all the negativity in the world, are expected to increase in 2017.
Pointing out that the global economic outlook remains uncertain in an environment of slowing growth in developed economies and developing countries struggling to sustain further growth, Savaşan said that global travel movements, which have shown resilience despite all the negativity in the world, are expected to increase in 2017.
Travel industry will be 2.5 trillion USD in 2020...
Stating that travel product sales are estimated to reach 2.5 trillion dollars in 2020 with the addition of new technologies and business models to the travel industry, Savaşan underlined that 2017 will be the year of wellness vacations.
Interest in the detox vacation concept is increasing...
Savaşan said that the interest in the detox holiday concept has increased in recent years, noting that travelers today are looking for a holiday where they can detoxify, relax, spend healthy time, exercise, follow purifying diet plans and clear their minds.
Cooperation with 187 countries...
Noting that ITB Berlin, which is expected to be visited by more than 180 thousand people, is the world's most prestigious tourism meeting that brings together 10 thousand tourism professionals from 5 continents and 187 countries, Savaşan said that the fair, where areas such as adventure travel, business travel, e-travel, cultural tourism, luxury tourism, health tourism, youth travel are highlighted, creates a very important opportunity for the promotion of health, sports and cultural tourism opportunities of Northern Cyprus as well as mass tourism and the establishment of new collaborations.
Sectoral size is 439 billion dollars...
Emphasizing that a special section was allocated to Health Tourism for the first time at ITB this year, Ahmet Savaşan said: “Every day, more and more people are going outside their own country to improve their health, protect their health or regain their health. Looking at the studies of VISA and Oxford Economics, it is seen that the value of this sector worldwide is 439 billion dollars and the growth rate in the next 10 years will reach 25 percent.’.
Traveling for health purposes is % 4 of the world's population.
Emphasizing that it is calculated that the rate of those who will travel for health purposes in the next 10 years will reach 4 percent of the world population, Savaşan stated that the interest in Health Tourism is increasing day by day. Savaşan said, ’By seeing the changes and trends in the world, we should adapt our tourism products accordingly and carry out our promotion and marketing activities according to the new conditions.“.
Stating that they are working with all stakeholders of the sector to maximize the revenues in mass tourism and to develop tourism types such as health, sports and culture in Northern Cyprus, Savaşan pointed out that the TRNC's ability to stand on its own feet can only be possible with an increase in domestic added value.
Tourism will be positive in 2017...
Stating that the Health Tourism Council as well as all other authorized stakeholders of the sector and the Ministry of Tourism and Environment have achieved a good pace, Savaşan said, ”Our work shows that our country's tourism will follow a positive course in 2017. What we need to do to achieve success is to work together in harmony and carry our country's tourism to the desired level.".
New agreements signed with 5 countries...
Finally, Savaşan stated that within the scope of their contacts in Germany, they met with many country representatives, including Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Tourism Minister Nabi Avcı, as well as tour operators who have a say in tourism, and said, “We signed new agreements with five countries in the fields of both tourist health and health tourism on behalf of our country.”.
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