Health tourism in the world and in Turkey is an important alternative tourism type that has developed rapidly in the last 10-15 years. The number of people traveling for medical tourism alone has exceeded 10 million.
Health tourism is evaluated under 3 main headings:
Medical Tourism (Treatment, surgery, etc. in hospitals)
Thermal Tourism (Rehabilitation, rest, etc. services in Thermal Facilities)
Elderly and Disabled Tourism (Geriatric treatment center or long-term stays in the highlands with social activities)
The main reasons for health tourism:
high-tech healthcare
scarcity or absence of services and professional human resources,
Desire to take a vacation with treatment,
Health services are expensive in their own country,
Desire to receive much higher quality health care,
Not wanting to be known about his surgery for any reason in his own country (aesthetic surgery, Infertility treatment, etc.)
Tourism activity (going to countries with forests, plateaus, historical and cultural richness) when there is limited opportunity for a holiday in the country’s climate and geography, the demand for a holiday in a country where there are mostly thermal facilities and Thermal Tourism opportunities.
The desire of chronic patients, the elderly and the disabled to go to other environments and be treated,
The desire of people with drugs and different addictions to be in different or more suitable environments,
A person’s desire to hold on to life and to live.
As a result, health tourism is very diverse and includes many reasons. The main reason is the type of tourism made to regain health in a different country with better opportunities.