ABOUT 2ND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH TOURISM CONGRESS

Nowadays, all countries of the world have begun in a quest of decreasing the costs of health services. The demand for deriving the more economic and more qualified health service has increased inter-state patient mobility in the world. The countries improved in the sector are in a quest of alternatives to expanding their tourism activities to 12 months.
Turkey ought to expand its tourism activities, and improve the health tourism. This is the necessity of being the leader country in the territory, and the demand of acquiring the market share from the health tourism in progress. In our country healthcare institutions, thermal spring facilities have rapidly improved and become prevalent over the recent years; such most of our institutions have gone beyond their equivalents abroad.
Furthermore, since health investors from many countries are going to participate in the health tourism congresses, the manufacturer firms within the medical sector will have a great opportunity to make promotion and marketing of themselves in such congresses. As is known, the market of the medical sector has extremely shrunk in our country.
Many domestic and foreign senior managers, investors, and sector representatives participated in our congress, the first of which we held on March 14th-17th, 2008, and was opened by our esteemed Ministry of Health, Prof. Dr. Recep AKDAĞ. This congress has been a historical milestone for the health tourism in our country.
The 2nd International Health Tourism Congress to be held between February 27th - March 2nd will be such a platform where both domestic and foreign participants will discus the matters on health tourism comprehensively.  This congress will gather the sector together, and provide a medium for business interviews.
Many ministers, deputy ministers, senior officers, lecturers, journalists, investors, and insurance representatives from many countries including Greece, Bulgaria, Syria, Georgia, Azerbaijan, USA; Dubai, Bahrain, Lebanon, Hungary, Finland, Austria, Egypt, Moldova, Albania, Iraq, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, India, France, Germany, Jordan, Sudan, Afghanistan, TRNC, Macedonia, and Kosovo will be present as participants, and the health tourism, including the medical, elderly, and thermal spring tourism will be comprehensively discussed. Besides, there will be a great lounge in the congress hall, the parties of health tourism and the medical firms will be able to open their stands and introduce themselves. The sellers and the buyers will meet face to face.
We are expecting all hospitals, special clinics, thermal spring facilities, insurance, medical and tourism sector firms to our congress.The Executive Board

Nowadays, all countries of the world have begun in a quest of decreasing the costs of health services. The demand for deriving the more economic and more qualified health service has increased inter-state patient mobility in the world. The countries improved in the sector are in a quest of alternatives to expanding their tourism activities to 12 months.

In recent years Health Tourism is a rising trend. In the world it is moving directly to be the most varied, fastest eveloping and important tourism alternative.Within this issue I will mention especially our eighboring countries, the Turkish Republics and the Middle East countries.Health Tourism related organizations should firstly decide in which group and to which market will health tourism work. Thermal tourism,elderly tourism, medical tourism, even in medical tourism firstly it should be decided whether it is latest technology treatment? Or infertility? Or eye? Or aesthetic surgery? Cont'd Our Health Minister, Prof. Dr. Recep AKDAG is at the 1st International Health Tourism Congress: 15 MARCH 2008 BELEK/ANTALYA I thank you to the chairman of Association of Improving Health Tourism and his team accomplished a great work both for health and tourism. I say welcome to our visitors and guests... Cont'd PRESS RELEASE THE NEW RISING STAR OF TOURISM, HEALTH TOURISM, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF HEALTH AND TOURISM SECTORS CONVENED at the 1st INTERNATIONAL HEALTH TOURISM CONGRESS HELD IN ANTALYA The health tourism issue in every aspect was handled, its challenges were discussed and future plans and programs were made at the congress hold under the leadership of the ASSOCIATION OF IMPROVING HEALTH TOURISM and by the support... Cont'd 1st INTERNATIONAL HEALTH TOURISM CONGRESS (14-17 MARCH 2008) BELEK/ANTALYA FINAL DECLARATION In our congress there were 53 foreign attendants from 27 different countries (Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanese, Macedonia, Malta, Moldavia, NCTR, Syria, Sweden, Tunisia, UK, USA and Uzbekistan) and 300 domestic attendants... Cont'd