Dr. Alejandro Cambiaso, president of the Dominican Association of Health Tourism (ADTS), and Amelia Reyes Mora, president of AF Comunicación Estratégica, announced the celebration of the main medical tourism event in Central America and the Caribbean: the VI International Congress of Health and Wellness Tourism.
To be held on November 1 and 2, 2023, at the JW Marriott Hotel, in Santo Domingothe event will have important conferences and panels with renowned national and international exhibitorsaimed at the main players in the sector such as: health centers, dentistry, clinical and pharmaceutical laboratories, hotels, insurers, banks, investment funds, airlines, medical facilitators, government, transportation, legal, accreditors, among others.
Cambiaso highlighted the growth that the health tourism in the country, which invoices more than RD$15,000 million, regarding 243 million euros per year in Dominican Republicbecoming an important source of job creation, innovation, attracting investment and foreign currency, which translates into better medicine for all Dominicans and tourists.
“So this type of activity supports public-private synergies and the development of the country as a safe tourist destination,” he said.
He also stated that “the celebration of this congress promotes quality, safety and compliance with local regulations and international accreditations to strengthen our health indicators and promote the modernization and digital transformation of the Dominican health sector”.
For his part, Reyes Mora expressed that this meeting contributes to the updating, integration and development of businesses; as well as the positioning of health tourism as an activity of national and regional interest.
As he commented, the country receives approximately 60,000 international patients per health tourism and more than 70,000 tourists who are assisted by tourist medicine, with an investment in the sector that exceeds 500 million dollars.
The also vice president of the ADTS affirmed that “we are at a crucial moment where new tourist destinations are being developed, so new developments of tourism must be integrated into this planning. Health & Wellnessto guarantee a successful comprehensive vision that promotes the development of new market niches such as retiree tourism and wellness tourism”.
The event, organized by the ADTS and the Communication and Public Relations firm AF Comunicación Estratégica, has brought together in its last two editions more than 800 participants and around 70 local exhibitors, from the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama, Spain, Colombia and Caribbean islands and more than 110 sponsors, who have become an impetus to continue raising the competitiveness of the country’s health and tourism services. (With information from Express)