Medical tourism is becoming an increasingly popular destination in the tourism industry.
It is noteworthy that in many countries of the world this development of tourism has brought to the level of state policy.
Medical tourism is a new and rapidly developing field.
The term combines leisure and medical care.
The medical tour can be conditionally divided into several groups: diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, aesthetic medicine.
Today this area is developing in accordance with modern life, but traveling to another region to improve people's health was not strange many centuries ago.
For example, the earliest records of travel for medical purposes count thousands of years; In particular, the Greek pilgrims traveled from the eastern Mediterranean region to the small town of Epidaurus in ancient Greece.
Spa towns and sanatoriums are an early form of medical tourism. In the 18th century, European patients visited spas and treated the body with mineral water.
What is the main motive that encourages people to seek treatment abroad? Modern medical equipment and methods of treatment are often referred to as the most common cause.
Medical tourism is also important in Georgia. Our country is distinguished by its abundance of mineral and thermal waters, which enables the development of resorts in many regions - dozens of resorts are registered in Georgia.
Countries popular for medical tourism are:
- Canada;
- Cuba;
- Costa Rica;
- Ecuador;
- India;
- Israel;
- Jordan;
- Malaysia;
- Mexico;
- Singapore;
- South Korea;
- Taiwan;
- Thailand;
- Turkey;
- USA.
Most popular destinations for cosmetic surgery are the following countries:
- Argentina;
- Bolivia;
- Brasil;
- Colombia;
- Costa Rica;
- Cuba;
- Ecuador;
- Mexico;
- Turkey;
- Thailand;
- Ukraine.
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