Health Tourism: The New Economic Power Reshaping the Map of the Future
The "Tourism Languages and Heritage" conference, hosted by the Multi-Disciplinary College in Rachidia – Moulay Ismail University in the Kingdom of Morocco from May 14 to 16, features broad international participation from a select group of academics, experts, and researchers in tourism, culture, heritage, and languages from various Arab and foreign countries.
Dr. Abdul Ati Al-Mana'i, a pioneer in health tourism and environmental healing, is participating in the conference with a specialized scientific paper titled: "Investment Opportunities in Health Tourism in the Kingdom of Morocco." In it, he presents a comprehensive vision for Morocco's future as one of the rising destinations in health tourism at both the Arab and African levels.
The paper addresses Morocco's strategic assets in medical tourism, environmental healing, and accessible health tourism, emphasizing how to leverage the country's environmental, cultural, and heritage diversity to build an integrated model for a health tourism industry with sustainable economic and developmental dimensions.
Dr. Al-Mana'i also discusses the importance of integrating the health sector with the tourism sector to create new investment opportunities and enhance Morocco's competitiveness in international markets, particularly amid the rapid global growth of the wellness and medical tourism economy.
During his presentation, he is expected to showcase the "Moroccan Environmental Healing Map" project, alongside the "Afro-Asiatic Atlas of Environmental Healing," as scientific initiatives aimed at documenting and classifying natural therapeutic assets in the Arab and African regions.
Accessible health tourism receives special attention in the paper, where Dr. Al-Mana'i underscores the importance of developing health and tourism services that meet the needs of the elderly and people with disabilities, considering this sector one of the fastest-growing globally and the most impactful economically and humanely.
This participation aligns with Dr. Abdul Ati Al-Mana'i's ongoing academic and professional presence at specialized international conferences and events, strengthening Arab dialogue on the future of health tourism and opening new horizons for academic and investment cooperation among regional countries.
