AKWAABA Travel Market signs partnership agreement with Turquaz Healh
The organisers of AKWAABA African Travel Market (ATM), have partnered with the Turquaz Health Tourism, a Turkish firm as its Official Exclusive Partner in Turkiye (Turkey) for this year’s event.
Turquaz Health is a health organisation in Turkey, which provides the best medical solution to medical needs with the best quality facilities, cutting edge technology equipment, globally accepted medical doctors and internationally recognized credentials.
Turquaz Health founded by Idil Saguner and Sureyya Umran Alinak are experienced at matching hospitals to the needs of the patients. They will be using their network and connections to bring the best groups to Africa. A statement from the firm said that: “we are very excited to be going into business collaboration with AKWAABA for its 18th edition of AKWAABA African Travel Market.”
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, who supervises tourism, said that Nigerians spent over $1 billion on medical tourism alone in 2021. This underscores the importance of this type of tourism and the need to examine the role of health travels in the growth of tourism and travel, Mr. Ikechi Uko, the organisers of AKWAABA said.
Turquaz Health Tourism is expected to bring in several hospital groups from Turkey to the event.
The Turkish hospitals and professionals will be Joining hospitals from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), India and other Asian countries at the first major medical tourism event in Nigeria at its 18th edition. Nigerian health management organisations and specialists hospitals are expected to join them for this event. The event is billed to hold in Lagos from October 31 through November 1, 2022.
Akwaaba African Travel Market is in its 18th year and has grown over the years into the most important platform for marketing Travel and tourism in West Africa and among the top five events in Africa, drawing attendance from over 20 countries.
Over 3,000 visitors are expected at this year’s event from all over Africa, Uko said.
There will be a Business—to-Business (B2B) session on Africa Women Conference, 5th Africa Tourism & Travel with the theme: ‘Payment Platforms and Travel Business in Africa,’ on October 31 along with a panel discussion with experts from both receiving countries and departing destinations.
Meanwhile, the organisers have listed the first initial list of 30 nominees as its Africa Travel 100 Women Award Nominees, which cuts across tourism/tourism leadership, aviation and travel and tours.
