“Wellness tourism can be defined as travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining and
enhancing one's personal wellbeing, which is different from medical tourism. Medical …

This chapter explores the relationship between health and tourism from a historical
perspective to current trends in spa tourism. This aspect of tourism has shifted during recent …

Medical tourism occurs when patients travel to other countries for medical or dental care. I
have heard about medical tourism for years but never gave it much thought, believing that …

Tourism is an economic activity which, because of its special features, creates the possibility
of using natural resources for all nations of the world, regardless of their level of …

Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The United Nations World
Tourism Organization (UNWTO) defines tourists as people who" travel to and stay in places …

The paper aimed to present a few considerations on the development of medical tourism at
international level and in Romania, based on the existing literature abroad and in the …

Today, medical tourism is underrated and mostly perceived as a beauty tourism. However,
except dermatological and dental services also organ transplantation, IVF and many other …

Consultants predicted it would be a major business. Large employers and insurers were
experimenting with it. But medical tourism has not lived up to the heady expectations. The …

Medical tourism is considered to be one of the most upcoming and profitable markets
worldwide. The objective of the study is to examine the potential and challenges of medical …