Health tourism is one of the best ways to meet Türkiye’s foreign exchange needs. In this sense, it is not impossible to earn 20 billion dollars from 2 million patients. Does Türkiye give enough importance to health tourism?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, all of humanity realized how precious life and health are. Faced with death, human beings have experienced how precious life is and that they should strive for a quality life altogether.
In today’s world, where we are witnessing a dynamism in the demands of both modern medicine and alternative medicine, people who would like to live healthier and longer life use all the possibilities. These demands also contribute to the unfolding of opportunities in the field of health tourism around the world.
Health tourism is an important parameter that determines the economic policies of countries. With an integrated approach in aesthetic operations as in basic medical applications and treatments, the circulation of health tourism all over the world continues to increase day by day.
Türkiye has become an important country in the field of health tourism. Clearly, the Turkish diaspora plays an important role in this circulation. In addition to this, health tourism visits are taking place to Türkiye from many regions, especially from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Furthermore, Türkiye’s quality health services pave the way for the addition of new ones to these countries.
HEEDOZA HEALTH TOURISM AGENCY considers it a duty to contribute to Türkiye in the field of health tourism, which is of great economic and cultural importance. In this context, it brings health tourists to our country by cooperating with institutions and individuals in the healthcare sector. Subsequently, in, Türkiye the company accompanies the health tourist in all health-related processes.
What are the Statistics in the Field of Health Tourism?
Unfortunately, statistics in the field of health tourism do not reflect the truth. Due to this fact, it is challenging for people and institutions working in this field to make realistic plans and find solutions to potential problems. Nevertheless, the field data of the last three years is a significant motivating factor for HEEDOZA HEALTH TOURISM AGENCY. Let’s take a look at these data.
The official statistics for the last three years in the field of health tourism are as follows:
- In 2019, 662,087 patients received health services in our country within the scope of health tourism and tourist health. Tourism income from foreign visitors coming for health and medical reasons and citizen visitors residing abroad amounted to 1 billion 65 million 105 thousand USD in 2019.
- Due to the global epidemic in 2020, there has been a noticeable decrease in the number of health tourists. 388,150 patients preferred Türkiye to receive health services. Tourism income from foreign visitors coming for health tourism and medical reasons and citizen visitors residing abroad decreased to 548 million 882 thousand dollars in 2020.
- In 2021, 642,444 people received health services and the income obtained from these services amounted to 1,048,549,000 US dollars.
- In the first quarter of 2022, 284,577 people came to our country to receive health services and the income obtained from this amounted to 332,212,000 US dollars.
- In the second quarter of 2022, 302,177 people came to our country to receive health services, and the income obtained from these services was 436 million 212 thousand US dollars.
- The clinical branches most preferred by international patients are respectively; gynecology, internal diseases, ophthalmology, medical biochemistry, general surgery, dentistry, orthopedics and traumatology, infectious diseases, and otorhinolaryngology.
However, these data do not reflect the field reality. These data are realistic due to factors such as;
- Informality
- Diaspora influence
- Tax Policy
- Tourist health and health tourism confusion
The volume of Health tourism is around 3 times this data. Considering all the statistics, HEEDOZA HEALTH TOURISM AGENCY acts with the awareness that operating and making progress in the field of health tourism is the subject of a national project. In order to take part in this project, it adopts the principle of working professionally in all processes of health tourism and providing quality and safe service to patients. For this reason, HEEDOZA HEALTH TOURISM AGENCY carries out all its consultancy services depending on the projection of Türkiye’s targets.
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