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Indonesian Medical and Health Tourism Association (PERKEDWI) conducts Indonesia Wellness and Health Tourism Expo

Date : 09 March 2022
Venue : Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesian Medical and Health Tourism Association (PERKEDWI) conducts Indonesia Wellness and Health Tourism Expo 2022 on 9-13 March 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

 

PERKEDWI is a part of the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) that promotes medical and health tourism. Medical and health tourism comprises pillars such as tourism medical, tourism wellness, aesthetic, scientific anti-aging and herbs, medical tourism, sports tourism, and health support on priority destinations.     

 

The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia has adopted the concept to be the priority program in 2022.

 

Tourism is one of the sectors that is highly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It makes people realize that health and wellness are significant. However, the situation has made health tourism one of the attractive destinations in some countries.   

 

Therefore, Indonesia has initiated health tourism since 2012 that comprises medical tourism, wellness and herbs tourism, sport health tourism, and scientific health tourism. The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on health tourism development. The health tourism development will focus on medical, wellness, and herbs tourism by 2025.   

 

For further information, please visit: https://www.kemkes.go.id/article/view/22030800002/perkedwi-conducts-wellness-and-health-tourism-expo.html