Salome Zurabishvil - I am sure the next stage is development of medical and rehabilitation tourism
One of the biggest challenges of the 21st century is the high standard of healthcare and development of medical tourism, there are local, regional and global medical tourism types. The development of modern medical tourism is based on the three main factors: medical quality, professionalism and price. There is a growing imbalance in these factors in the world that generates the demand for each of them.
Medical tourism is a relatively new but rapidly developing area. Its growth rate is high among other segments of tourism. The increasing importance of medical tourism is due to the fact that the development of medical tourism in more than 50 countries of the world is at the level of global economic competition. Medical tourism contributes to the more rapid development of medicine and can significantly change the face of national health care systems.
Georgia has a high potential in terms of medical tourism, increasing annual demand and improvements in this area. It is particularly interesting and gives hope that the state has a great interest in the development of medical tourism, and recent statements are encouraging.
The prime minister of the country at the start of the year stated: "Georgia has a great future in the direction of medical tourism. In this respect we have already chosen competitive directions such as dentistry, plastic surgery and cardiology. We will continue to process this package in order to improve the existing results and bring additional growth in our tourism sector" Bakhtadze said.
The president of the country shares the attitude of the state in terms of tourism and largely medical tourism development, making an important statement on Abastumani's new project: "I had very good impressions from Abastumani. There is a complete restructuring of this small and important city that has great potential, the potential to be extended to the entire region. I am sure the next stage is development of medical and rehabilitation tourism, which will be one of the big strategies, "Salome Zourabichvili said at the meeting with local population on June 16.
