3. Development4. Growth factor9America and Europe, and a secondary destination for medical tourism from the Middle East. It is already widely recognized that Asia has become the world’s leading destination in international medical tourism. Next, we will examine the development of medical tourism in Asia, especially Thailand, and its contribution factors. For example, in developed countries like North America or Europe, only travelers who had a medical surgery are considered as medical tourists. However, unlike those countries, travelers for non-surgical cosmetic procedures are also counted as medical tourists in Asian countries. In addition, in some countries, including Thailand, the number of inbound medical tourists means number of times, not number of patients. As a result, the number of international medical tourists is overcalculated in Asian countries. Furthermore, these countries developed the medical tourism industry through cooperation between the government and the private sector. For example, international organizations such as JIS (Joint Commission International) conduct quality assessment and issue medical service certificates. This creates a reliable healthcare delivery system. Now each country tries to discover more about their unique characteristics and goals for medical tourism by employing their own nature and culture as an aspect of the tourism product. First of all, one of the factors that contributes to the services at affordable prices. If you look at table 4, terms of the number of medical tourists they accepted. for medical tourism between the five countries, indicating that Malaysia, Singapore, and India are far ahead of you compare table 2 and table 4, the number of medical tourists in each country in table 4 is larger than table 2. expenses are relatively cheap, but they have high-quality regions, such as eastern Europe, the term medical tourism is broadly defined in this context. Medical services in these countries are supported by advanced medical facilities and medical professionals who have trained in developed countries. Not only are medical expenses inexpensive, but the quality of medical technology and services are very high. In fact, healthcare costs in these countries are very low compared to many developed countries. However, it is more expensive than other developing countries. This explains that medical tourists flock to those countries due to the world-class medical care at affordable prices. This attracts visitors worldwide especially 1) those patients in neighboring countries seeking high-quality medical services, 2) low-income and uninsured people in developed countries who want to keep medical expenses low. Compared to table 2, table 3 shows a significant decline in the entire European region. On the other hand, Asian and North American saw rapid growth in foreign visitor numbers. Asia is particularly prominent. Asia has become a primary destination for medical tourism from Oceania, Africa, neighboring countries within Asia, North Table 4: Changes in the number of inbound medical tourists in five Asian countries (unit: people)development of medical tourism in Asia is their medical Thailand has a significant lead over other countries in Furthermore, there are significant differences in demand South Korea in accepting medical tourists. However, if There are two factors for this trend. 1) In Asia, medical medical technology such as in dental care. 2) Unlike other
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