The 6th Global Healthcare Travel Forum and Conference (GHTF2024, North Cyprus) was hosted this year by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which chaired the Global Healthcare Travel Council in the 2023-24 (April) period, with the participation of the TRNC President, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Tourism Culture Minister of Youth and Environment, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance, GHTC Founding President, delegates who have chaired and managed the Global Healthcare Travel Council, presidents and managers of authorized associations in the field of health, tourism and education from TRNC and Türkiye, and more than 300 guests from 50 countries.
25 main speakers attended the forum sessions where the topics of the Future of Global Health Tourism, Health and Sustainable Development Goals, Travel for Health, Health Services and Climate Change, Health Services and Technologies, Wellness and Wellbeing, Health Tourism and Advanced Active Living were discussed throughout the conference sessions. More than 150 articles co-authored by more than 500 researchers were presented, 22 of which were presented by distinguished keynote speakers. Within the scope of GHTF 2024, exhibitions and B2B meetings were also held with the participation of companies from the fields of health and health tourism.