Medical, health and wellness tourism and travel represent a dynamic and rapidly growing
multi-disciplinary economic activity and field of knowledge. This research responds to earlier …

An overview is given of the short history and rapid rise of medical tourism, its documentation,
and current knowledge and analysis of the industry. Definitions of medical tourism are …

Tourism is one of the biggest competitive industries in the world. Nowadays, medical tourism
is quickly developing as a part of tourism for health and wellness care. There are many …

Medical tourism (MT) is a valuable component of many national service economies.
Understanding the marketing and recruitment of MT patients is therefore an important …

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the evolution of medical tourism (MT) research from
a longitudinal perspective (period 1931–2016). A co-word analysis was applied to themes …

Websites of private hospitals promoting medical tourism are important marketing channels
for showcasing and promoting destinations' medical facilities and their array of staff …

In their desperate quest for conception, thousands of infertile couples from around the world
travel to the global in vitro fertilization (IVF) hub of Dubai. In Cosmopolitan Conceptions …

Transnational Reproduction traces the relationships among Western aspiring parents,
Indian surrogates, and egg donors from around the world. In the early 2010s India was one …

Background Medical tourism involves patients intentionally leaving their home country to
access non-emergency health care services abroad. Growth in the popularity of this practice …

Purpose Medical tourism is growing rapidly in the recent years in various Asian countries.
The success of the hospitals engaged in medical tourism largely depends on their abilities in …