The Health Romania Cluster delegation has participated at the Medical Summit of Health Tourism in Budva, Montenegro (13-14.10.16).
We were invited by our partners, The Health Tourism Cluster of Montenegro, with whom we have formed The Balkan Health Tourism Cluster.

We have identified opportunities for cooperation with the Balkan health tourism organizations with a focus on Romania’s expertise in this area.
In consequence, we will work on developing relationships with this market that has been relatively neglected by the Romanian operators and investors.

We need to emphasize the fact that the potential of the Romanian medical system is of real interest for the Balkan countries, as private investments, health care and expertise level of our specialists are considered competitive and superior to those offered in other countries.
The Health Romania Cluster was highly mentioned during the event, both in terms of developing of professional-scientific tools, but also for the recognition with the ‘bronze’ qualifier by the European Secretariat for Analysis of Clusters/ European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis (ESCA).
Previous editions of the International Forum for Health Tourism and the special editions of the International Journal of Responsible Tourism dedicated to health tourism are known and cited for professional and scientific contributions are considered landmarks specialized in the area.

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Montenegro Summit of the Health Tourism, 13-14.10.16, Budva

The Medical SPA Association of Montenegro, in cooperation with the Cluster of Health Tourism of Montenegro and the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism of Montenegro, has organized a two-day, 5th anniversary, International Conference with the title: “SUMMIT OF THE HEALTH TOURISM”.

The aim of the conference this year is to bring together eminent domestic and foreign experts, professionals and consultants in the field of medicine and tourism, representatives of hotel and wellness industry, which will jointly try to answer key questions about the stages of development of health tourism in Montenegro and the region.
The conference will open the topics of the new health infrastructure in Montenegro as an unavoidable precondition for the perception of Montenegro as a “health safe destination” but also as a potentially attractive destination for health tourism on the map of Europe and the world as a whole. Their models and results for low season /after season tourism will be presented by the experts from the region as well. Valuable experience of local lecturers and guests from abroad, participants will have the opportunity to hear through the individual presentations and panel discussions thematically divided into three major parts: health tourism, medical tourism and medical wellness.
As it was the case in previous years, the event will offer dialogue, discussion and solutions for challenges related to investments in health tourism, providing a unique platform for the exchange of experience on major participants contributed to the growth of this market.
Significant participation of the top European and international institutions, companies and speakers at the conference last four years confirmed its importance and positioning on the map of European conferences of medical tourism. Regional market needs the expert meetings and events in the field of health tourism focused on the exchange of knowledge and experiences of the key industry participants. Health tourism is becoming a key segment of national tourism development strategies of an increasing number of countries in the region, with the goal of the increasing share within the European market.
 We believe that events like the 5th Conference of the health wellness and Spa tourism will define the future leaders of this process.

Maintaining the five-year long tradition of medical tourism conferences which will gather leading health tourism experts from the region, all in order to organize continuous exchange of knowledge and experience and improve the Montenegrin tourism product.