Health tourism is a profitable and competitive industry, which includes both medical and wellness tourism. This research intends to identify and analyze the determinants of medical tourism expansion in Iran. To this end, first, 384 questionnaires were distributed among medical tourists visiting selected private hospitals in Tehran, and medical tourism experts in both private and public sectors ...

The spread of autonomous vehicles (AVs) could fundamentally change tourism-related mobility in the near future. However, empirical research on tourism impacts is still very limited. This aims to systematize expected AVs and explore how experts different fields view technological innovation ahead. opinions (n = 21) involved were analyzed using Q methodology. Statements 40) formulated topics deri...

Following the identification of medical tourism as a growth sector by the Malaysian government in 1998, significant government sector and private-sector investments have been channeled into its development over the past 15 years. This is unfolding within the broader context of social services being devolved to for-profit enterprises and 'market-capable' segments of society becoming sites of int...

Infectious disease threat events (IDTEs) are increasing in frequency worldwide. We analyzed underlying drivers of 116 IDTEs detected in Europe during 2008-2013 by epidemic intelligence at the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control. Seventeen drivers were identified and categorized into 3 groups: globalization and environment, sociodemographic, and public health systems. A combination...

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of resulting textbook development subject Tourism Geography. Development using Borg and Gall model with five steps. The steps are (1) initial find problems related geography teaching materials tourism as a product be developed. (2) create planning materials, (3) develop products based on found, ( 4 ) conduct field tests being developed, 5 revise co...

The purpose of this study was to determine how political instability influences inbound tourist flows in Ukrainian cities, performance tourism-related businesses, and tourism-based profits general. This allows us present the impact various events on tourism economy Ukraine; however, available secondary data with unobserved component model procedure detection give only a general overview situati...

China tourism industry is investing to develop a “Golden Tourism Project”. One of the main objectives of this project is to improve web-based tourism online service quality and implement tourism e-commerce. In order to develop successfully the project it is necessary to investigate who are main tourism website users, what are their requirements for online tourism services and how do they assess...

Tourism plays a significant role in the development of the society at different levels and is seen as an important source of employment and income especially in rural areas. Considering its different potential impacts, the present study aims to explore the effects of tourism development on the rural area of Giyan district. The target population comprised the residents of rural areas in the vici...

Today, the transmission of information on tourism through internet has been implemented through several systems, among of them are e-Tourism, tourism virtual reality mapping, tourism reservation system, location-based tourism services and tourism recommender system. Of all those varied systems, tourism recommender system plays awfully vital roles because the system is able to provide any touris...