Executives of the Alanya Health Tourism Association visited the Alanya Tourist Operators Association (ALTİD). During the visit by the executives of the Alanya Health Tourism Association, whose board of directors is composed of Alanya State Hospital Chief Physician Tevfik Yazan, Deputy Chief Physician Okan Badıllıoğlu, District Health Director Abdullah Yağdır, Assistant Professor Ali Rıza Aktaş, Dr. Erkan Karadağ, Association Vice President Ahmet Girgin, Health Tourism Specialist Selahattin Ay, and Dr. Mustafa Yağlıcı, topics such as patients arriving from Iran and Azerbaijan for long-term treatments, the planning of a national-scale health tourism congress, the incentives the Ministry of Economy will provide for health tourism and how these incentives will be utilized, conducting awareness studies, and promotion at fairs were discussed.
“IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTRY AND ALANYA”
Expressing his satisfaction regarding the visit, ALTİD President and Turkish Hotel Association (TÜROFED) Board Member Burhan Sili stated, “The issue of health tourism is important for Alanya and our country. We will provide all possible support for the association established within the scope of this subject and for its activities. Necessary information will be provided by organizing meetings with tourism professionals. Tourism can now only be carried out to a certain extent with just the sea, sand, and sun trilogy. We are working to bring together different areas of tourism.”