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Thursday, November 6, 2025

Age Friendly Travel & Tourism

 


This lovely gentleman, is a highly qualified doctor who has spent 25 years in gerontology and community geriatrics.

His qualifications are MBBS (master, some countries use MD medical doctor, in the UK the equivalent is MBBS, in the USA Md.

Geriatrics means medical.

Gerontology is social, cultural, environmental, and biological ageing.

He says life expectancy is increasing and the number of centurians is also growing larger.

He is writing a book, Age Well For All.

He was a GP in Turkey. He speaks Turkish and Dutch. He planned to study in the UK but had a scholarship to study in Holland.

He went to the annual ITB Berlin. International Travel Beurs (fair or exhibition in March 2025.


He organized a forum world promoting age friendly tourism. Longevity destination, 6 people representing 6 continents, with a large audience. 

I typed on a tiny mobile phone at the World Travel Market in London to capture the conversation while chatting and made some typos now corrected!  Please share interesting posts with your colleagues, family and favourite friends worldwide.



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