TY  - BOOK
AU  - Connell,J.
TI  - Medical tourism
T2  - CABI Books
SN  - 9781845937096
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Wallingford           UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - globalization
KW  - visitor behaviour
KW  - health tourism
KW  - internationalization
KW  - marketing
KW  - Asia
KW  - demand
KW  - internet
KW  - historic sites
KW  - mental development
KW  - medical services
KW  - behaviour
KW  - destinations
KW  - history
KW  - behavior
KW  - visitor behavior
KW  - market segmentation
KW  - tourist industry
KW  - cognitive development
N2  - Tourism has long been associated with improved health, resulting in a boom of spas, yoga and rejuvenation treatments. Medical tourism itself is a more recent example of niche tourism, with increasing numbers of people travelling abroad in search of cosmetic enhancement and solutions to various serious medical conditions often by surgery. Medical Tourism looks at the background and rise of health tourism, new emerging facets of the sector, and examines how medical tourism benefits local health care providers, economies and the tourism industry as a whole. It offers a unique overview of an emerging component of the tourist industry and a distinct and controversial element of health provision
UR  - https://cabi-prod.literatumonline.com/action/showBook?doi=10.1079%2F9781845936600.0000
ER  -