All provinces should be active in health tourism
According to the Aria Heritage report, citing the public relations of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Qom Province, Ali Asghar Shalbafian, on the evening of the 6th of this January, in the specialized meeting “Travel, Pilgrimage and Health” focusing on the three cities of Qom, Mashhad and Shiraz in the Imam Ali Hall of the University of Sciences. Medicine and healthcare services in Qom; He called for facilitation in the licensing of healthcare centers and added: Licensing is an important issue and we should be a facilitator in this sector and move towards introducing the country’s therapeutic capacities by attending regional and international exhibitions.
The Deputy Tourism Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, referring to the policy of the 13th government in strengthening tourism, noted: In this government, no ambassador is sent to his place of service, unless he has received the necessary training in the field of tourism.
Pointing to solving visa problems, he said: Today, the issuance of airport visas and the removal of labels from passports have brought about good events in the field of tourism, which will be used for the benefit of health tourism.
He said: Development and Trade Organization can also help in the prosperity and promotion of this industry by defining specific incentives for the health tourism sector and take great steps in this field along with the Chamber of Commerce and the private sector.
Shalbafian listed the goals of this specialized meeting in line with the realization of two general policies of this ministry and said: This meeting is a manifestation of two policies in the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts; First, the development of regional cooperation that complements the general tourism in the country, and the second policy is the establishment of sectoral cooperation, which we follow these two policies seriously.
He added: All provinces should be active in the field of health tourism, and of course I have seen more synergy than in previous years. But it is not enough and this action should be followed seriously and professionally.
He called attention to content production and information in this sector important and necessary and said: health tourism sector needs introduction more than other sectors of tourism and must communicate with its target market, participating in annual exhibitions can provide the possibility of introduction for this field. Provide.
The Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts stated: Health tourism exhibitions should be held in all provinces in a specialized manner and by participating in regional and international exhibitions, we should move in the direction of introducing the country’s therapeutic capacities.
He called for facilitation in the issuance of licenses in the health sector and said: Issuance of licenses is an important issue and we must be facilitators in this sector so that all medical centers go towards obtaining licenses and encourage them to enter the legal system and reduce unnecessary strictures in issuing licenses.
Shalbafian pointed to the capacities of the seventh plan and stated: the possibility of issuing licenses for various complexes in tourism complexes and the possibility of selling and pre-selling tourism facilities can be effective in this sector and help in the construction of health villages, the realization of which requires your serious follow-up.
He also called for this specialized meeting to be held in other provinces of the country and emphasized: holding these meetings in different provinces can help a lot in removing the obstacles at the macro level and with a detailed planning, it will end up creating hope in the country.
This one-day conference was held with the holding of specialized meetings and the presence of national and provincial managers, experts, specialists and experts in the field of health tourism at Qom University of Medical Sciences and Health Services.
Four specialized working groups with the titles of pathology of health tourism, economic diplomacy of health tourism, capacity building of health tourism and information and identity design and production of specialized content in the field of health tourism were organized on the sidelines of this specialized meeting.
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