TEHRAN – Iran’s medical tourism income reached $1 billion prior to now Iranian calendar yr (ending May 20), Deputy Health Minister Saeed Karimi stated.
Mehr stated on Friday that officers stated the Islamic Republic acquired about 1.2 million medical vacationers final yr.
Karimi stated vacationers from 164 international locations spent about $1 billion throughout their keep.
The Deputy Minister stated that 247 hospitals and medical facilities have been granted particular licenses for medical tourism.
Iran ranks forty sixth as a medical tourism vacation spot [within the 2020-2021 Medical Tourism Index]he added.
According to Karimi, individuals from neighboring international locations reminiscent of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Oman, Bahrain, Armenia and Tajikistan make up the vast majority of medical vacationers arriving in Iran.
In addition to medical facilities and hospitals, resorts, eating places, transportation amenities and different service organizations are additionally benefiting from medical tourism, which is a currency-generating trade, officers defined.
Last week, Mahdi Safari, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs for Economic Diplomacy, stated Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to draw 6 million medical vacationers a yr. Safari made the remarks at a gathering attended by senior officers from the tourism and well being ministries, in addition to plenty of tourism stakeholders, hospital directors and tour operators.
Speaking on the convention, Deputy Minister of Tourism Ali Asghar Sharbafyan stated that crucial issues within the discipline of medical tourism are the disagreements among the many related establishments and the dearth of a single director on this tourism sector. Ta.
Mohammad Hossein Niknam, Director of International Cooperation, Ministry of Health, reminded contributors of the excessive potential that the Islamic Republic enjoys within the discipline of medical tourism.
Medical tourism is booming world wide, with roughly 20-24 million individuals touring for medical remedy annually. Reasons why some individuals select to journey overseas embrace elevated care wants as individuals stay longer, rising medical prices, and fixed strain on some insurance coverage industries.
In phrases of value competitiveness, Iran is at the moment primary on the planet, nevertheless it has not had a lot success in attracting potential vacationers, like rivals reminiscent of Singapore and Turkey. The majority of medical vacationers to the Islamic Republic are Iranian expatriates from the Persian Gulf international locations, Iraq, Syria, and residents of Canada and Germany, who throughout this era acquired cosmetic surgery, cosmetics, and open-heart surgical procedure. , acquired remedy reminiscent of orthopedic surgical procedure. The previous couple of years.
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