Tourism minister promises infrastructure investments to develop Romanian spa and medical tourism

Romania should exploit the opportunity offered by spa and medical tourism and this why one of the government’s priorities next year will be to invest in developing the required infrastructure for these types of tourism, stated tourism minister Eduard Hellvig at a tourism seminar this Monday.

“In my opinion, spa and medical tourism represent a niche that Romania should not overlook. It is true that the infrastructure is not what we would like it to be, and for this reason I said that one of the strategic priorities we need to address in the next period is to correlate the natural potential with specific infrastructure investments. Consequently, one of the strategic priorities for 2013 will be to invest in infrastructure in order to develop medical and health tourism, “said the minister according to Agerpres.

Romania has the potential to export dental, plastic surgery and cardiac medical services but the local medical service offer is not sufficiently promoted said health minister Vasile Cepoi this Monday during the same event.

“We can export dental services and we have already begun to do this, but also plastic surgery and cardiac medical services,” he said.

Spa tourism is another opportunityRomaniashould not miss but the services offered by hotels from local spa resorts are often unsatisfactory, added Cepoi.

He explained that the Health Ministry will develop a quality management system and certify the quality of local spa services. “We have this human potential – internationally renowned specialist – which we don’t exploit. Although there are over 80 spa reports in Romania, the export of spa services is below the potential,” said Cepoi.

Simona Bazavan