Health tourists spend 10 times more in Turkey than vacationers

 15-Aug-17, Daily Sabah Tourism 

Foreign visitors coming to Turkey for healthcare tourism are reported to spend almost 10 times more than those who come for vacation, according to the Association of Health Strategies and Social Policies (SASOMER).

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Turkey has been trying to capitalize on its health tourism potential and around 1.1 million people visit Turkey for this purpose, SASOMER Chair Turan Buzgan said.

The health tourism sector consists of three subgroups, namely, "medical tourism," "tourism for the senior and handicapped," and "thermal tourism," Buzgan said. He highlighted that Turkey is open to improvement in these three areas. He revealed that visitors who come for health tourism spend less money but get better quality health services in Turkey compared to other countries. 

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