Ahmet Savaşan, Founding President of the Cyprus Health Tourism Council, participated in the Global Health Tourism Summit, which was held in Ankara under the auspices of the Turkish Ministry of Health and brought together leaders, decision makers, experts and intermediary institutions of the sector from more than thirty countries in order to develop international cooperation in the field of health tourism, which attracts great interest in the world, and introduced Northern Cyprus in the promising markets session in Health Tourism.
The Founding President of the Cyprus Health Tourism Council participated in the Global Health Tourism Summit, which was held in Ankara under the auspices of the Turkish Ministry of Health and brought together leaders, decision makers, experts and intermediary institutions of the sector from more than thirty countries in order to develop international cooperation in the field of health tourism, which attracts great interest in the world. Ahmet Savaşan, introduced Northern Cyprus in the session on promising markets in Health Tourism.
He started his speech by saying that Cyprus, the third largest island of the Mediterranean, which has never lost its charm for strategic, political, commercial and religious reasons in every period of history, is the homeland of the embroidery that deeply influenced Leonardo da Vinci. Ahmet Savaşan, He explained that Cyprus inspired the works of the world famous artists Skakespeare and Walt Disney and was also gifted to Cleopatra.
LEGAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS ARE UNDERWAY...
In his speech, Savaşan mentioned that a “new generation tourism” understanding has developed in today's world, and that this understanding necessitates creating an efficient tourism style that follows global developments, competitiveness, modern organization, adaptability to the environment and regionalism, using internet technology and self-renewal features, He emphasized that in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, in addition to mass tourism, which is defined by sea, sun and sand, alternative tourism is being directed towards alternative tourism, and in this context, the Ministries of Tourism and Health have assumed an encouraging role in order to bring sustainable tourism types, especially health tourism, to the country and started to implement the necessary legal works.
NORTHERN CYPRUS AMONG PROMISING DESTINATIONS...
He underlined that Northern Cyprus is one of the promising destinations in health tourism thanks to its fighting geographical location, hospitable and open-handed people, ten thousand years of strong historical veins, touristic richness, as well as state-of-the-art technology devices in quality private hospitals and IVF centers, specialist physicians using up-to-date information, medical massage and spa applications offered in hotels with international accreditations, and price advantages combined with its potential in elderly-disabled tourism.
PATIENTS DO NOT EXPERIENCE SECURITY PROBLEMS IN CKTC...
Underlining that tourist patients coming to the TRNC do not experience any security problems, Savaşan explained that the services offered in Northern Cyprus in all areas of health, especially in the fields of heart, cancer, aesthetics, dental, eye, IVF and orthopedics, are made attractive by combining the services offered in Northern Cyprus with touristic opportunities at high standards at affordable prices and without any waiting period.
NORTHERN CYPRUS COVERED BY SGK...
Underlining that the scope of SSI in Turkey has been extended to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Ahmet Savaşan, He reminded that Turkish citizens coming to our country for touristic and other purposes are guaranteed in terms of tourist health and can also benefit from health tourism opportunities in this context.
“FIRST STEP TAKEN TO BECOME AN ”ELDERLY-FRIENDLY COUNTRY"...
Finally, Savaşan pointed out that the life expectancy in the world has increased due to the impact of developments in science and technology on health services and that this increase will continue, and added that in the light of these facts, the necessary arrangements have started to be made in order for Northern Cyprus to become an “Elderly Friendly Country” and to become a preferred destination in third age tourism.
MET WITH TC MINISTER AVCI...
Within the scope of the Summit, TRNC Minister of Tourism Fikri Ataoglu and Minister of Health Faiz Sucuoglu He also met with the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Nabi Avcı and exchanged views on the development of cooperation opportunities for the development of Health Tourism in Northern Cyprus.
