Spa-hydrotherapy, positive therapy, inhalation therapy, clay therapy, thalassotherapy are the wealth of our country’s Spa tourism.
Greece should be declared the world’s leading health tourism destination, covering medical tourism, spa tourism and health tourism. Our country has a strong competitive advantage because we can attract high-end patients and tourists and thus keep internationally known Greek doctors in Greece, we can replace brain drain with brain gain because the increase in patients will force the repatriation of medical potential.
The main tools for achieving the above goals are the use of digital technology with modern applications of virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI).
Until now, medicinal medicine had an empirical basis, but with the help of scientific documentation of the thermal, mechanical and especially chemical effects of medicinal natural resources, it emerged as a complementary treatment method in the context of classical medicine.
Therapeutic measures of drug medicine refer to diseases of musculoskeletal, nervous, respiratory, cardiovascular, hematopoietic, gastrointestinal, urological and endocrinological systems, as well as dermatological, otorhinolaryngological, gynecological, allergic and periodontal diseases.
Therapeutic applications of healing medicine with healing natural resources include thermal hydrotherapy, positotherapy, inhalation therapy, clay therapy, thalassotherapy, speleotherapy and biometeorological therapy and are applied in specially designed spaces (medispa) with the help of medical personnel.
In recent years, there has been a growing trend to return to natural remedies to take care of physical, spiritual and mental health. This trend, the attitude to life in industrial megacities, leads to a shift towards medical tourism, not only in Greece, but also abroad, where important resort towns are modernized and developed, and special tourism programs for patients are implemented. healthy for the prevention and preservation of youth in the context of longevity and well-being.
In the development of thermal tourism at the global level, our country currently plays an important role in providing specialized tourist offers from a number of thermal springs with excellent physical and chemical properties, in very favorable climatic conditions, which are easily combined with holidays. Tourist packages are not only for seniors (baby boomers), but also for young people and children.
The Ministry of Tourism, together with the financial instruments of the European Investment Fund, the new development law for strategic investments and the Recovery and Resilience Fund, launched a 21.7 million euro program for the construction and improvement of spa centers and the development of new ones. spatial planning to achieve long awaited and promising sustainable development.
The program is enhanced by university recognition of complementary medicine in the form of elective courses in undergraduate studies, as well as inclusion as a major, as well as MPS and e-forms in postgraduate studies. – To study.
To attract patients, international networks should be used and insurance funds should be approached. Prepare the registry of thermal springs and determine the classification criteria of Medispa in accordance with international standards, including the establishment of educational structures in Higher Education and the identification of the ISO certification body with the specialization of training programs and personnel.