Tourism activity characterized by multiple patterns, and the most important of these patterns is medical tourism, which is one of the most important tourist patterns of interest to the developed countries of tourism because of their economic importance, and human knew traveling for the purpose of hospitalization for a long time back to the Roman era, where knew hospital resorts that were providing services and facilities in order to contribute to the treatment of many diseases such as rheumatism and others diseases.
Many experts and specialists worked hard in the development of a specific definition of medical tourism, The Organization of the World Tourism defined medical tourism as “an abundance of therapeutic services represented natural resources of the country especially mineral water and climate”
The traveling in order to get treatment and health takes patterns and multiple forms, Tourists may turn to therapeutic spas sites in order to lose weight, or get away from the noise or quit addiction and smoking, patients of rheumatism, gout, and chest diseases travels to the medical tourism sites like mineral springs to take advantage of natural ingredients available in them, in order to relieve and heal their pain and get the required treatment.
The most prominent elements of medical tourism in Jordan
The ingredients of medical tourism in Jordan vary from tourist site to another. Some sites feature mineral sands, and the other is characterized by using the Dead Sea in the hospitalization by bathing in the water and burial in the sand, and there are many natural ingredients such as: mineral springs water, healthy weather, and natural and traditional treatment methods, which help to improve human health, and prosperity and development of therapeutic resorts. Among the most prominent elements of medical tourism in Jordan, sulfur water and sand of special nature, and provide security and stability, and highly experienced professionals doctors, and excellent tourist services.
God blessed the territory of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, with many natural ingredients that suitable for practice of medical tourism pattern, which vary among sulfur and mineral water and sand radioactive, and fresh and dry climate.
Medical tourism in Jordan rely heavily on natural therapeutic ingredients available to the environment, the Jordanian environment considered a rich natural environments where there are therapeutic importance of the natural elements.
The geographical distribution of the sites of medical tourism in Jordan
Along the Rift Valley in Jordan, there are many medical tourism sites, many mineral hot springs are found ranging from Almkhybah in the extreme north, all the way to the Afra Falls and Abu Rabita in the south, Jordan has many natural sites, which are rarely found in another country. The most important of these sites, Afra Falls, Abu Rabita in Tafila, Ma’in in Madaba, Ibn Hammad, Ein Sara, Ein Qalah, Yadah in Karak, Zar South Zarqa Valley, Hamma spring in Jerash, which is found in the course of the Zarqa River, Deir Alla spring which comes out of the low-region when entering the Zarqa River in the Jordan Valley area, Almkhybah on the outskirts of the Yarmouk River, and North Shouna pools, Abu Thableh pools, which is located 2 km northeast Fahl layer. The waters of the Dead Sea and the richness of all forms of metals and minerals, and diverse of mineral springs temperature, where there are normal pools with elevated temperatures, such as in Ma’in Madaba, And another with low temperatures, such as Ein Qalah in Karak.
Medical tourism sites in Jordan
Places where one can find both physical and emotional healing considered very few. Places in Jordan probably is one of those few places where physical ailments vanish with emotional one. This is due to the beautiful nature in all Jordan therapeutic resources. Starting with the mineral-rich hot water, and volcanic mud, moderate weather, and breathtaking natural scenery.
Jordan is one of the leading countries in therapeutic healing, where that in addition to its natural healing resources from mineral-saturated water, hot water falls and volcanic mud. God also gifted it with a lot of excellent hospitals and savvy doctors, who earned Jordan a well-known stature all over the world.
Physiotherapy sites: There are many tourist sites rich with mineral-saturated water and volcanic mud, which makes them healing spas frequented by many people. And, consequently, some of the most important healing sites:
Dead Sea
This area is warm and sunny throughout the year, where the average temperature is 30.4 degrees Celsius. The wonderful sun rays in the Dead Sea area are not harmful to humans in this region. Regarding the air is dry and saturated with oxygen. Dead Sea is famous with black mud that is very rich with salts and minerals. Dead Sea water contains a high concentration of minerals, especially calcium, magnesium and bromine. The unique blend of salts and minerals in these waters is one of the important sources of natural healing that is supervised by the available spas specialized people.
Ma’in
Away eighty-five kilometers south of Amman, It is famous natural spas and clinics that provide treatment for patients who suffer from skin diseases and circulatory system diseases bones and joints, back and muscle pain, the clinics in the area also provide physical training activities.
Jordanian Himmeh
Himmeh is located 100 km north of Amman, is one of the most vital therapeutic and tourist sites in the area. It has been established spa and some clinics that provide many of the services for visitors to the area. There is a center for people who suffer from diseases and respiratory problems in addition to the availability of treatment of skin diseases and diseases related to the nervous system and joints. On the other hand, the Himmeh hotel can provide a haven for people who may want more than a one night stay.
Afra Falls
In the south of Jordan, and just 26 kilometers from Tafila, warm water emanating from more than 15 sources to fill the ambience of the place with healing minerals. Experts say that this water specifically has a tremendous power on the treatment of infertility and varicose veins, anemia and rheumatism. A center for public services has been built next to the restaurant and natural clinic.
Hospitals
Jordan has a medical network in both the public and private sector. The medical services in Jordan are famous with novelty and the presence of some of the best names in various medical branches. In Amman, the capital, there are many specialized hospitals that treat cancer, heart diseases, visual diseases, infertility and family medicine in addition to other areas of specialization.