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<\/p>\nSpeaking at the international organization held in Antalya, Dr. Ahmet Sava\u015fan, President of the World Health Tourism Council and Member of Parliament, pointed out that health tourism has become one of the fastest growing sectors with a worldwide volume exceeding 500 billion dollars.<\/p>\n
Within the scope of the international Antalya Tourism Fair, which brought together twenty-five thousand tourism professionals and over six hundred brands from thirty-five countries, many important issues such as \u201cHow to Develop Health Tourism\u201d, \u201cArtificial Intelligence Applications in Tourism\u201d, \u201cDestination and Crisis Management\u201d, \u201cDigital Guest Experience in Hotels\u201d were discussed in panels held with the participation of expert speakers.<\/p>\n
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\u201cLEGAL FRAMEWORK, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCREDITATION HAVE DECISIVE IMPORTANCE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSpeaking at the panel \u201dHow to Develop Health Tourism?\u201c, President of the World Health Tourism Council, Deputy Dr. Ahmet Sava\u015fan said that in order for health tourism to develop; \u201dimproving the infrastructure\u201c in order to increase the number, quality and capacity of institutions providing health services, expanding \u201daccreditation and certification\u201c in order to increase the training and competence of employees working in the health tourism sector, \u201dcompetitive pricing\u201c and \u201ddetermining the legal framework and clarifying the legislation\u201c in order to be preferred in health services, \u201dcarrying out promotional and marketing activities\u201c in target countries based on accurate and up-to-date information in order to increase demand, and \u201dproviding airline transportation and quality accommodation facilities\" to health tourists under appropriate conditions are of vital importance.<\/p>\n HEALTH TOURISM INCLUDES 8 SEGMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n In his speech, Ahmet Sava\u015fan also pointed out that the World Health Tourism Council (www.globalhtc.org), a multinational organization of 56 countries that provides leadership and support to the sector in advancing health tourism policies internationally, advocating for responsible health tourism and promoting health tourism as a driving force towards economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability, recognized that Health Tourism covers eight segments at the Global Healthcare Travel Forum in 2017. Sava\u015fan said that these eight segments are medical, dental, spa and thermal, wellness, gastronomy and health nutrition, sports tourism, barrier-free, advanced active life tourism, including health protection and promotion as well as health restoration.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Speaking at the international organization in Antalya, the President of the World Health Tourism Council, MP Dr. Ahmet Sava\u015fan pointed out that health tourism has become one of the fastest growing sectors with a worldwide volume exceeding 500 billion dollars. Within the scope of the international Antalya Tourism Fair, which brings together twenty-five thousand tourism professionals and over six hundred brands from thirty-five countries, [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chtc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t