The Arab Tourism Organisation participated in a roundtable on promoting health tourism in the Arab region, recently held in Cairo with the participation of experts and representatives from 11 Arab countries.
The roundtable concluded with a number of recommendations, most notably a call
to develop Arab legislation regulating the relationship between healthcare
service providers and beneficiaries, and to enhance integration between the
health and tourism sectors, reported SPA.
It also recommended establishing a unified
Arab health tourism platform to coordinate marketing efforts and exchange
expertise, as well as launching joint training programmes to qualify Arab
cadres in various specialisations within this sector.
Furthermore, the roundtable recommended issuing a unified Arab document to
enhance service quality and protect beneficiaries’ rights.
It
also called for holding a comprehensive Arab health tourism conference in early
2027 and preparing a detailed report of recommendations to be submitted to the
General Secretariat of the Arab League, in preparation for presentation to the
Arab Council of Health and Tourism Ministers.