On the basis of the Naroch resort area, on August 29, 2023, a regular meeting of the working group for the development of medical and health tourism of the Interdepartmental Council for Tourism under the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus was held, at which they considered the activities of sanatorium and resort organizations located on the territory of the Naroch resort area.

The participants of the working group got acquainted with the work of the best sanatoriums: UE "ASB Sanatorium Sputnik" and RSKUP "Sanatorium Priozerny".

Over the first half of 2023, more than 45,000 people, including over 10,000 foreigners, underwent spa treatment and rehabilitation in the sanatoriums of the Myadel region.

Revenue from the sale of services provided amounted to 45.3 million rubles, the average occupancy rate was 74.1%. Revenue from the sale of services to foreign citizens exceeded 17.3 million rubles, which is more by 6.6 million rubles. compared to the first half of 2022.

Director of the Republican Center for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population Gennady Nikolaevich Bolbatovsky said that the sanatorium-resort complex of the Republic of Belarus is working stably, demonstrating certain successes. Compared to the same period last year, occupancy increased by more than 3%, revenue from the sale of services - by more than 30% and exceeded 491 million rubles, revenue from the export of services - by more than 50% to more than 125 million rubles. The dynamics are significant.

Traditional sanatorium-and-spa organizations are no longer a place of treatment and recreation for the elderly, they are becoming multifunctional health centers designed for a wide range of consumers. The nature of the demand for health-improving services is changing. A healthy lifestyle is in vogue, and a growing number of people around the world are in need of recovery anti-stress programs. Basically, these are middle-aged people who prefer outdoor activities and are often limited in time.

The most important principle of sanatorium treatment is its complexity, i.e. the use of a variety of natural healing factors in combination with diet therapy, physiotherapy, exercise therapy, drug therapy and other methods. While maintaining the therapeutic function, health resorts make the program of patients' stay more diverse. The duration of treatment and recovery courses becomes more flexible.

More than 90 wells with mineral water are located on the territory of sanatoriums, mud from five deposits is used. In total, about 100 lakes are reserved in Belarus, the sapropels of which can be used for medicinal purposes. "This is the key to success. People come to us for services that they cannot get in other places," Gennady Nikolayevich believes.

For six months of this year, the owners of sanatorium and resort organizations of the Republic of Belarus invested 65 million rubles to strengthen the material and technical base and purchase equipment, which is 1.7 times more than in January-June 2022. Sanatoriums operate year-round, the average annual occupancy this year will exceed 80%.

The system will continue to improve. New methods of treatment will be proposed with an emphasis on the use of natural healing factors. The next tourist season shows great interest on the part of Belarusians. Against the backdrop of increased demand from foreign citizens, there is a development of domestic tourism.