Medical tourism

As you know, Turkey has set some development indicators for the year 2023 and announced them to the public, claiming that these goals will be met by the time our republic is 100 years old. These include hard-to-achieve goals - such as becoming one of the biggest 10 economies in the world. 

Turkey has the potential to increase its annual revenue from health tourism to $5 billion over the next two years, with officials looking for ways to boost and diversify the country's tourism appeal amid a downturn in the sector.

Macedonia's parliament is expected to approve a government-proposed bill to establish tax-free health-care "zones" for foreigners.

The bill entered parliamentary procedure last week is likely to pass soon.

The bill will allow foreign - and domestic - healthcare companies to build hospitals in Macedonia exclusively for the use of foreign private patients.

Turkey has ranked as the world's top country for the number of eye surgeries done annually according to a senior Health Ministry official, as over 40,000 operations are carried out yearly in Turkey, mainly on foreign patients amid rapidly rising demand. 

Turkey ranks the world's first for the number of hair transplant operations carried out, amid rapidly rising demand from Arab citizens from Gulf countries.

A senior official from the Health Ministry, Ömer Tontu?, said over 200 hair transplant operations were carried out daily in Turkey, mainly on foreign patients. 

Turkey's growing medical tourism industry has been growing quickly, but the sector is eyeing even greater profits over the next decade, hoping to become the destination for the 650 million living in the region, according to the head of the Turkey Health Tourism Development Council With a know-how already well in advance of its neighbors, Turkey's health sector is now aiming to attract 2

Turkey, the sixth most visited tourism destination in the world, has also become one of the most popular medical tourism destinations with more than half a million medical tourists visiting the country last year, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency from the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB), the Health Ministry and private hospital figures. 

The Turkish tourism sector is facing one of the coldest summers it has seen in the last decade, and several factors have contributed to the chilly atmosphere. Sector representatives said they are taking various measures to minimize the expected losses this year, including speeding up their efforts to diversify tourism markets and discovering new tourism areas that promise growth potential, such

In a bid to further develop Croatian tourism, the government has started to work on an action plan to develop medical tourism in the country.

Deputy Minister of the Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism, Elena Koundoura, and the president of the Hellenic Doctors Association Michael Vlastarakos jointly announced the formation of a committee to improve on the possibilities of Medical Tourism in Greece.