Rustam Minnikhanov: medical tourism is a very perspective area
27 March 2015, Friday
On March 27, Acting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Turkish Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekçi, Minister of Health Adel Vafin, and Chairman of Tatarstan State Committee on tourism Sergey Ivanov visited Kazan office of the travel agency “Mediatourism”, a subsidiary of «Akin Event» (Turkey).
The travel agency “Mediatourism” opened in Kazan in July 2014. The agency offers holiday recreation packages at different resorts in Turkey. Representatives of the agency say that their clients get medical treatment at best hospitals in the country.
Rustam Minnikhanov highly estimated the quality of Turkish medicine and provided services. Medical tourism is a very perspective area, Rustam Minnikhanov said.
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Russian travel agency “Mediatourism” is a subsidiary of «Akin Event» (Ankara, Turkey). The first and the only agency opened in Kazan in July 2014. The company offers holiday recreation packages in Turkey: preclinical and outpatient examination, inpatient treatment, rehabilitation and recreation holidays.
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