A bibliometric study of medical tourism

This bibliometric study analyzes 1535 publications from 1952 to 2020 on medical tourism. The aim of the is portray tourism publication trends different perspectives such as main subjects, word dynamics, authors’ originations and finally research gaps future directions. shows that concepts like “perceived value” “destination image” are among emerging concerns in recent studies. themes were grouped into six marketing, economic & political, social cultural, ethical, technological governmental within these categories, factors affecting emotional aspects tourists’ decision-making found be under-studies, compared feeding cognitive side their choice destinations.