CubaPLUS Magazine

The First International Fair of Medical Tourism and Well-being (FitSaludCuba) will be a great opportunity to consolidate the 30 years of work that the country has advanced in this regard and to relaunch this sector as a viable and possible alternative, said the president of the Medical Services Marketer Cubanos S.A., Dr. Yamila de Armas.

In an interview granted to CubaPLUS Magazine, de Armas addressed the importance of FitSaludCuba, to be held next week with the participation of representatives of 51 companies in the sector from 39 countries. &This fair is a moment for encounters, it is a party.

We will meet the country's medical tourism network, which has been providing health and wellness services for all this time and is also very crucial in the current post-COVID moment, since life and the pandemic have left us with very important lessons for the development of tourism in the world and particularly for the region is a way to rethink tourism so that it is more sustainable, inclusive and safer", she emphasized.

She considered this event is a debt of over 30 years of the development of health tourism in Cuba is being paid, since the country has the conditions to be able to make this appointment a moment of meetings because, in addition to the fair, we will have theoretical sessions that, without a doubt, they will be a great opportunity to consolidate these years of work for the health system,  to which we belong, and for the tourism service network in general.

&Surely we are in a position to share the nature that we take care of, but we  also share the developments that will be exhibited at the convention: the best results of medical technologies, of protocols, actions that we have carried out to contribute to Cuban public health", she stressed.

Also, she said, the business portfolio will be updated, new products and projects will be announced that, in alliance with the Ministry of Tourism and other sectors, which we are developing. These exchanges, she said when referring to the 2nd International Forum on Foreign Investment, always have two objectives: to update and communicate.

Also it offers reliable information on what is happening, for which companies that are in a position to participate in this investment process occupies an important place in the Cuban economic model and from which the area of the health system will not escape.

When answering a question about the participation of the Canadian market in this vacation modality, he said that country is the first issuer of tourists to Cuba and behind them is the doctor. Historically we have always received a group of patients for aesthetic tourism and for other programs. There is a group of companies that have always worked with us, which means that not only is our product good, but they are interested in it and we have to keep relaunching it. Therefore, there will be a good presence of Canadian companies at the fair. Canada, she finally said, is one of the most important markets in terms of health and wellness tourism due to the permanence, fidelity and seriousness with which the entities that deal with this specialty.

For this reason we have always given it a very particular treatment and we will continue to give such attention. FitSaludCuba to be held from October 17 to 20 in the halls of Pabexpo under the slogan of All Health at Once will be held in parallel with the 15th Health for All Trade Fair.

Both are part of the Fourth Cuba-Health 2022 International Convention, which will take place in the Havana Conventions Palace.