The International Thermal Health Tourism Forum, organized in cooperation with Denizli Metropolitan Municipality and Pamukkale University (PAU), has started. The opening of the forum, attended by famous scientists from home and abroad, was held at the Metropolitan Municipality Nihat Zeybekci Congress and Culture Center. Denizli Governor Ömer Faruk Coşkun, AK Party Denizli Deputy Nilgün Ök, Denizli Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Osman Zolan, PAU Rector Prof. attended the program. Dr. Ahmet Kutluhan, Pamukkale District Governor Uğur Bulut, Pamukkale Mayor Avni Örki, local and foreign academicians, guests and many students attended. PAU Rector Prof. Dr. In his opening speech, Kutluhan explained that thousands of years ago, the best treatment was provided in the thermal waters of the Ancient City of Hierapolis and that patients came to the city from far away for this. Prof. noted that the therapeutic properties of the thermal waters here have been scientifically demonstrated by PAU. Dr. Kutluhan said, “As a result, we expect history to repeat itself and patients from around the world to come here again. "Today, we believe that we will make a great contribution to the rehabilitation and treatment of our patients with both thermal waters and the latest technologically developed devices of today's medicine," he said.
Denizli's thermal waters should serve all humanity
Mayor Zolan said that Denizli is a health center dating back 2 thousand years, and that the thermal waters in the city provide a solution to the problems of those who come from all over the world and Anatolia and seek healing here. Stating that they wish the thermal resources in question to serve human health, as in the past, Mayor Zolan said: “Pamukkale is our locomotive in terms of tourism. It is very valuable to combine this with health tourism and serve not only Denizli but all humanity. We are organizing such a forum to tell the world about Denizli's thermal health opportunities. Thank you very much for your participation. We will strive to be beneficial to humanity and we will contribute to this together. "I invite all humanity to our city to see, use and benefit from these beauties of Denizli, and I wish the forum to be successful."
The forum will be the road map of thermal tourism
Deputy Ök also stated that he believes that the forum will be a road map for Denizli to take one step further in terms of thermal tourism and said, “Pamukkale has a past experience with thermal tourism. "But the important thing is to make this available to all humanity and contribute to making this place a center of attraction," he said. Pointing out that the thermal waters in Denizli are very important for health, Ök drew attention to Pamukkale University Thermal Rehabilitation Center (PAÜTERM) and said, "The important thing is that people can receive the right treatment here and that its fame spreads all over the world and contributes to both tourism and Pamukkale." providing and serving health. "I would like to thank our Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Osman Zolan and our university for their efforts in organizing this forum," he said.
It will end on January 13
Following the speeches, the forum was opened by PAU Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Prof. Dr. Füsun Ardıç continued with a presentation about PAUTERM. Lutz Lungwitz, Maria Georga, Prem Jagyasi, Claudia Wagner, Wolfgang Georg Arlt Frgs Fras, Ernest Svazic, Vladan Veskovic, Marlies Sobczak, Mario Crecente, Prof. Dr. Vural Kavuncu, Prof. Dr. Haluk Gürgen, Prof. Dr. Zeki Karagülle, Prof. Dr. Dilaver Tengilimoğlu, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Han Ergüven, Prof. Dr. Derman Küçükaltan, Prof. Dr. Bilsen Bilgili, Prof. Dr. The International Thermal Health Tourism Forum, which will be attended by many scientists from home and abroad, such as Ahu Yazıcı Ayyıldız, will end on January 13.
