AMMAN, Sept 23 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan will host a forum, to boost medical tourism, which contributes more than one billion U.S. dollars annually to the economy.
The Global Healthcare Travel Forum (GHTF) 2019, held under the patronage of King Abdullah II, is scheduled from Oct 26 to 28, said a statement from the forum.
Organised by the Private Hospitals Association (PHA), in cooperation with the Global Healthcare Travel Council, and the Arab Hospitals Federation, the forum aims at providing medical tourism stakeholders around the world, with the opportunity to meet, integrate and strengthen cooperation in the field.
More than 700 participants, representing commissions specialised in healthcare travel and insurance, along with pharmaceutical manufacturers, will take part in the forum, President of the PHA, Fawzi Hammouri, said.
The forum will open an opportunity to further develop the outcome of GHTF 2017, aimed at expanding the scope of the medical tourism sector in Jordan, to eight internationally recognised segments, he added.
Known as Health Travel 8, the segments include traditional medical tourism, dental tourism, wellness tourism, spa tourism, culinary tourism, sports tourism, retirement tourism and accessible tourism.– NNN-PETRA