International medical tourism
Travel from a normal place of residence to a destination at which medical or surgical treatment is provided or performed, and which involves more than one night away from the country of residence.Within this broad field, there are a growing number of specialised sectors of medical tourism, including surgical tourism, wellness and spa tourism, dental tourism and reproductive tourism, all of which are analysed in the report.
Our analysis indicates that the global medical tourism market comprised over 19 million trips in 2005, with a total value of $20 billion _experiencing double-digit growth in medical tourism, which is forecast to grow to 40million trips, or 4% of global tourism volume by 2010.
Some of the key trends analysed in the report include:
Growing government intervention
Growing international private sector investment and joint ventures
Increasing supply of medical tourism products, leading to greater competition
An increasing role for tourism suppliers in the packaging and marketing of medical tourism
Continuing barriers to medical tourism expansion, including a lack of governmental agreements on payment for
treatment abroad and insurance coverage
Growing ethical concerns about medical tourism, which may limit growth in some regions Destination countries
covered in the report
Argentina, Australia
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria
Canada, Cayman, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic
*Estonia
*France
*Germany*, Greece
Hungary
*India, Iran, Israel, Italy
*Japan *, Jordan
Korea
Lebanon, Lithuania
Malaysia, Mexico
*Netherlands, New Zealand
*Oman
Peru, Philippines*, Poland
*Romania*, Russia
Saudi Arabia, Singapore *, Slovakia*, Slovenia*, South Africa, Switzerland
Taiwan, Thailand *, Turkey
UAE, UK, USA
*Venezuela, Vietnam
* Separate Spa section entry
Atlas - Tourism Research and Marketing
Travel from a normal place of residence to a destination at which medical or surgical treatment is provided or performed, and which involves more than one night away from the country of residence.Within this broad field, there are a growing number of specialised sectors of medical tourism, including surgical tourism, wellness and spa tourism, dental tourism and reproductive tourism, all of which are analysed in the report.
Our analysis indicates that the global medical tourism market comprised over 19 million trips in 2005, with a total value of $20 billion _experiencing double-digit growth in medical tourism, which is forecast to grow to 40million trips, or 4% of global tourism volume by 2010.
Some of the key trends analysed in the report include:
Growing government intervention
Growing international private sector investment and joint ventures
Increasing supply of medical tourism products, leading to greater competition
An increasing role for tourism suppliers in the packaging and marketing of medical tourism
Continuing barriers to medical tourism expansion, including a lack of governmental agreements on payment for
treatment abroad and insurance coverage
Growing ethical concerns about medical tourism, which may limit growth in some regions Destination countries
covered in the report
Argentina, Australia
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria
Canada, Cayman, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic
*Estonia
*France
*Germany*, Greece
Hungary
*India, Iran, Israel, Italy
*Japan *, Jordan
Korea
Lebanon, Lithuania
Malaysia, Mexico
*Netherlands, New Zealand
*Oman
Peru, Philippines*, Poland
*Romania*, Russia
Saudi Arabia, Singapore *, Slovakia*, Slovenia*, South Africa, Switzerland
Taiwan, Thailand *, Turkey
UAE, UK, USA
*Venezuela, Vietnam
* Separate Spa section entry
Atlas - Tourism Research and Marketing
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