A cultural perspective of health and wellness tourism in China

L Huang, H Xu - Journal of China Tourism Research, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Health and wellness tourism has experienced fast growth during the last two decades. The
aging population and severe pollution in China make the wellness industry even more …

Perceived risks, travel constraints, and destination perception: A study on sub-saharan African medical travellers

MJ Khan, F Khan, S Amin, S Chelliah - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
In medical travel, previous studies have investigated the factors that influence medical
travellers to receive treatment outside the country. However, most of these studies are …

Understanding critical success factors for implementing medical tourism in a multi-case analysis

P Akhavan, N Azizi, S Akhtari, O Haass… - … Management & E …, 2023 - search.proquest.com
Many researchers have analysed various aspects of the Medical Tourism (MT)
phenomenon. However, most of them have considered only a specific country for their study …

Health tourism—subject of scientific research: a literature review and cluster analysis

M Roman, M Roman… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this article is to identify main research areas in health tourism in scientific
research. The data used in this analysis span from 2000 to 2022, was retrieved from the …

Exploring the factors influencing the travel motivations of US medical tourists

N Singh - Current Issues in Tourism, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Medical tourism (also called medical travel, health tourism, or global health care) is a term
initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly growing …

Policy implications of medical tourism development in destination countries: revisiting and revising an existing framework by examining the case of Jamaica

R Johnston, VA Crooks, M Ormond - Globalization and health, 2015 - Springer
Background Medical tourism is now targeted by many hospitals and governments worldwide
for further growth and investment. Southeast Asia provides what is perhaps the best …

Evidence on global medical travel

K Ruggeri, L Záliš, CR Meurice, I Hilton… - Bulletin of the World …, 2015 - SciELO Public Health
The potential benefits of travelling across national borders to obtain medical treatment
include improved care, decreased costs and reduced waiting times. However, medical travel …

[引用][C] A survey of medical tourism service providers

CR Peters, KM Sauer - Journal of Marketing Development …, 2011 - na-businesspress.com
The forces of globalization have given rise to a new industry, medical tourism. While
traveling to obtain medical care is not a new concept itself, the practice of consumers from …

A market and spatial perspective of health tourism destinations: The Hungarian experience

M Jónás‐Berki, J Csapó, A Pálfi… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Since health tourism is one of the most popular and most dynamically developing products
of modern tourism, this paper aims at studying the characteristic features of health tourism …

Framework for establishing a sustainable medical facility: a case study of medical tourism in Jordan

D Darwazeh, A Clarke, J Wilson - World, 2021 - mdpi.com
A significant number of studies have assessed the impact of medical tourism from economic,
technological and social perspectives. Few studies, however, have explored the …