Medical tourism flourishes in KSA
RIYADH – Health tourism accounted for over SR800 million out of the total spending by both citizens and expatriates for domestic tourism in 2007, a recent report from the Supreme Plugins 2Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) said.
At the same time, foreign tourists spent over SR400 million to undergo treatment in the Kingdom during the period, said the report. Medical tourism is a combination of wellness and health care coupled with leisure and relaxation, which is aimed at rejuvenating a person mentally, physically and emotionally by removing him fromm his daily routine to a relaxed environment in an exotic location, Gulf News reported Friday.
The SCTA report showed that there are several medical firms and centers to promote medical tourism in the main cities of the Kingdom. These include Prince Sultan City for Humanitarian Services, Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habeeb Center, Kingdom Hospital, Dallah Hospital, Ibn Rushd Hospital, Saudi German Hospital, Qari Medical Center for Blood Diseases and Tumors, Dr Abdul Rahman Baksh Hospitals, and Eid Clinic.
There are several other clinics springing up in various regions of the Kingdom. Abdul Rahman Al-Jassas, SCTA’s executive director for tourism development in the Riyadh region, said that Saudi Arabia is also making giant strides in business and conference tourism.
“Riyadh hosted more than 50 percent of these types of tourism activities Kingdom-wide during the last year,” he said. He attributed this to the quality of the infrastructure facilities in Riyadh for hosting such events, such as large conference halls and exhibition venues.
Al-Jassas said that Riyadh will witness the opening of a number of hotels over the next two years, thus increasing the capacity to accommodate more tourists.
“There will be more participation by the younger generation, especially students and volunteers in event management in Riyadh in future. This will be a big boost for developing their qualities for voluntary work and service to society,” he said.
In another development, SCTA and the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice signed a cooperation agreement for the development of domestic tourism. Under the agreement, both organizations will increase cooperation.
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