Medical Tourism
During demographic change, the topic of health and wellness is becoming more and more important. The willingness of prevention from health problems has meanwhile increased not only in the older but also in the younger generation. Many people pay more attention to their diet, their exercise and to their recovery. This change towards a healthier lifestyle offers a great opportunity for tourism industry, as well as health industry including clinics, and hospitals because it creates new markets and target groups.
More and more people, especially in Europe & England, are going abroad for medical treatment. Turkey is one of the most popular countries for medical tourism. Especially Istanbul has developed very strongly in this direction.
Highly qualified doctors & technologically advanced hospitals and clinics
Clinics and hospitals in Turkey have gained excellent reputations in the last decade for their excellence in treatments, In particular hospitals and clinics in Istanbul. The quality of medical services in Turkey are well advanced compared to the international field. Turkish doctors are often ahead of their international colleagues, so that patients have the opportunity to benefit from first-class qualified doctors at significantly lower prices. All of this is possibly due to high level of investment in medical infrastructure in the last 50 years.
Significantly lower prices at a high quality
One of the most important reasons leading to the rise in medical tourism is the low prices that are offered at the high-quality level. The same services cost three / four times more in Europe. That is why many clinics have focused on bringing patients from abroad.
- Check-up - preventive health care
- Laser eye surgery
- Cosmetic Surgery - Aesthetics
- Dentistry
- Hair Transplant
- Organ Transplant
- Cancer Treatments & Oncology
- Gynaecology
- IVF treatments
Medical tourism in Turkey in numbers
In 2019 pre-Covid 19 700,000 patients came to Turkey for medical tourism, 352,000 of them alone was for cosmetic surgery. All of the operations have high success rates, thanks to knowledgeable doctors and professional teams.
International Health Tourism Authorization Certificate
