Places with better medical infrastructure will attract more tourists

New Delhi, September 28, 2021 :

Healthcare has a very strong connection to tourism, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that more people were vaccinated against Covid-19 and had a better healthcare infrastructure. The place is especially pandemic.

In a speech after the launch of the Ayushmann Barrat Digital Mission, Prime Minister Modi said that the tourism sector would improve as health infrastructure was integrated and strengthened.

“It’s a coincidence that today’s program is held on World Tourism Day. You may be wondering what the health care program has to do with tourism, but health care is about tourism. There is a very strong relationship, “he said.

“Do tourists want to come to places where there is no suitable treatment facility in an emergency? And this has become even more important after the outbreak of the coronavirus,” the Prime Minister added.

Where more people are vaccinated against viral diseases, tourists will feel safer, he said.

Prime Minister Modi said tourists are confident because of the focus on vaccination in many tourist destinations such as Himachar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Goa and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. , All these factors will definitely be strengthened in the future.

“The better the health infrastructure, the better the tourism outlook, which means that hospitals and hospitality will operate in tandem with each other,” he said.

Currently, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is being conducted in the pilot phase under six Union Territories.

Its nationwide expansion is in line with the National Health Department celebrating the third anniversary of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).

In his statement, Prime Minister Modi said the Ayushmann Barrat Digital Mission could revolutionize the country’s healthcare facilities. ET HealthWorld