Health-oriented tourism has emerged as one of the fastest-growing niche tourism fields
worldwide. Although there have been studies on the relationship between health and travel …

This study aims to:(a) identify the motivation to travel for medical reasons and the quality of
the medical services received; and (b) examine the relationship between the quality of …

Abstract Tourism in North Korea is limited by entry bans, visa restrictions, and stringently
controlled itineraries. As a consequence, the experience of visiting the country is still poorly …

Health tourism has received increasing attention from academic researchers from a global
perspective. Although mainland China (hereafter referred to as “China”) has long been …

Driven by changing consumer behavior trends, a transitioning economy, unique cultural and
historical traditions, in conjunction with a wide‐ranging exposure to health, wellbeing, and …

Despite the numerous studies investigating the wide adoption of social media by tourists
and tourism providers, literature focusing on the analysis of social media strategies in the …

Medical tourism is nowadays one of the fastest developing branches of tourism. Care for
health is important for contemporary societies. At the same time there arises care for the …

This study analyzes the stakeholder networks that have developed in the medical tourism
industry centered around South Korea. The network that 14 leading Korean medical tourism …

This research examines the effect of international patient motivators to travel (pull factors) on
international patients' intention to visit Egypt as medical tourism destination. It proposes a …

Background: China has been recently considered as an essential component of the world
health tourism market. Nevertheless, limited studies, if any, have focused on marketing …