medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination: a global perspective

Medical Tourist’s Perception in Selecting their Destination: A Global Perspective

BACKGROUND The need for better healthcare has grown significantly in recent years. In addition, the rising healthcare costs in the U.S. and in many European countries have forced many patients to seek medical treatment abroad, which has created the demand for medical tourism. With little yet known as to the perception of a medical tourist's destination selection, this study aims to explore medi...

Medical Tourism Opportunities: Iran as a Destination Country for Azerbaijani Medical Tourists

The medical tourism industry comprises a combination of tourism and medical services and has attracted the attention of most developed and developing countries during the last decades. This industry has capacities which guarantee progress not only in the economic field, but also in the cultural and political spheres; capacities that can deliver great advantages and opportunities in promoting th...

The Emotion of Awe and Perception of Destination to Influence Tourists’ Satisfaction

This study aimed to explain tourist satisfaction by using an integrated model that incorporated cognitive and affective perspectives. Questionnaires data were collected from 385 participants in Tibet and the conceptual model was verified by using Structural Equation Modeling. The results showed that, from the cognitive viewpoint, the perception of the natural environment was the key factor to i...

Assessment of Compliance of Medical Tourists Host Hospitals in Shiraz with Global Criteria

Assessment of Compliance of Medical Tourists Host Hospitals in Shiraz with Global Criteria   Sadeghkhani Omid1, Shahbazi Sara2, Talebianpour Hamid3, Bikineh Parisa4, Bastani Peivand5*   1. MSc Student in Healthcare Management, Student Research Committee, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2. MSc Student in Healthcare Management...

Towards a Conceptual Framework for Tourists‟ Destination Knowledge and Loyalty

Different tourists – different perceptions of different places: accounting for tourists’ perceptual heterogeneity in destination image measurement

We suggest that differences between tourists be evaluated as part of any destination image study. In doing so, one can avoid the potential pitfall of deriving one single destination image by averaging over individuals with possibly very different perceptions. A typology of destination image measurement approaches is presented that provides a framework for the evaluation of past destination imag...