Written by: Ibrahim Shehata

The First International Conference for Medical Tourism
was held in Safaga,
headed by the tourism expert, Mr. Ahmed Sabry,
Managing Director and Executive Director of Menaville Tourist Village,
sponsored by Menaville.

He thanked His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
for his permanent support to Rijal Tourism in Egypt
and for overcoming all difficulties to attract tourists‘

Professor Ahmed Sabry said: We are behind the president
and we are implementing the president’s plan
and directives in implementing the 2030 sustainable development plan.
We have penetrated the field of tourism in general and medical tourism
in particular, in order to attract the most important type of tourism,
which is medical tourism.
“The tourist coming to Menaville Safaga for psoriasis
treatment Rheumatoid arthritis stays for about a month,
and thus increases the country’s national income from medical tourism

Mr. Ahmed Sabry, Managing Director, added that:
Jordan and Israel are among the largest countries in the region where
this medical tourism is for skin diseases

 But the village of Menaville is the only one in the region that is
distinguished by medical tourism

 Safaga is characterized by many privileges that are not found anywhere
else in the world.’

Sabri explained that the patient comes on the recommendation
of the doctor who specializes in his country and his medications,
but the environment in the region is what we provide him with
supervision and follow-up from specialists and resident doctors
around the clock. 

Professor Ahmed Sabri says that the occupancy rate in the village
is from 70:75 percent.
In Safaga, all citizens were without skin diseases

They follow the treatment by bathing in the salty sea, then they are
exposed to the sun for two periods, at noon and after the afternoon,
and the patients are not contagious. 

Safaga is characterized by high sea salinity,
high levels of ultraviolet radiation, and air purity

And the national income from medical tourism is four times
the regular tourism 

The psychological factor here for the patients,
the immune booster and the recovery assistant, is very important.

Mr.Ahmed Sabry,Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Managing Director and International Tourism Expert 

And the executive director of the Menafil Tourist Village, Safaga,
stated that the city of Safaga is located 55 km from Hurghada
and 240 km from Luxor.

Professor Ahmed Sabri confirms that the concept of environmental
therapy is the use of elements of the environment
with the geographical location of the tourist village.

of Menaville to treat some diseases such as psoriasis and rheumatoid.