Why medical tourists choose Turkey as a medical tourism destination?

Sag I., Zengul F. D.

JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INSIGHTS, cilt.2, sa.3, ss.296-306, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1108/jhti-05-2018-0031
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INSIGHTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.296-306
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Competition, Destination choose, Healthcare and medical tourism, HEALTH-CARE, FUTURE, TRAVEL
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationships between the health tourists' perceptions on decisive factors (i.e. experience, technological infrastructure, flight distance, legal and moral restrictions, touristic attractions, religious similarity, waiting time and price of health tourism) and Turkey as their choice of healthcare tourism destination.