Gender Based Differences in Medical Tourist's Destination Preferences and Their Quality of Life
Handbook of Tourism and Quality of Life Research II, Muzaffer UYSAL,M. Joseph SIRGY, Editör, Springer Nature, Berlin, ss.167-180, 2023
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Diğer
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Yayınevi: Springer Nature
- Basıldığı Şehir: Berlin
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.167-180
- Editörler: Muzaffer UYSAL,M. Joseph SIRGY, Editör
- Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Tourism is considered as one of the world’s largest and fastest-rising and most competitive
industries in the twentieth century (Dabaghi
et al., 2021). People participate in tourism
activities for many different purposes. Since
ancient times, people have been traveling to
improve their health. Among the health tourism
types, medical tourism has emerged as one of the
most important topics worldwide. It is a phenomenon and industry which is rapidly expanding and
undergoing dynamic change (Henson et al.,
2015). While wealthy patients from developing
countries, went to medical centers in Europe and
USA for medical treatment starting from the eighteenth century, this trend reversed in the late
twentieth century. With the globalization of communication and transportation technologies, less
wealthy people from developed countries have
started to travel to developing countries for medical treatment in the twenty-first century
(Fetscherin & Stephano, 2016). Medical tourism
means that participants go overseas chieflyt
obtain high-quality medical treatments provided
with affordability, and accessibility (Lee & Kim,
2015). Medical tourism is a concept that
combines health care with the pleasure of
traveling. Traveling patients aim to improve
their health or get rid of their illness completely
(Dabaghi et al., 2021).