Promotion of Health Tourism and Evaluation of the Principles of Marketing of Health Services

Abstract

The health tourism sector has different characteristics from all other sectors. It is important for health tourism that the expectations of people from health services are different, and that they have in need of different kinds of medical intervention and treatments. Medical tourism is actually a different kind of market with its specialized attributes. In tourism, all countries carry out different promotional campaigns to gain a greater market share. The activities, promotions, or groups of promotional campaigns play an important role among the factors that take action to get a particular service. The aim of the promotion of health tourism is to try to create a positive image in terms of guidance towards health care services in the country through the presentation, disclosure and announcement of values such as "medical experience, technological infrastructure and healthcare service facilities we have " to the international public. The promotion of health tourism is the publicity of the health services offered as a basis. Health tourism is less influenced by general economic conditions and individuals looks for quality firstly then price. Most patients prefer the health care facility without seeing it. Due to the intense competition environment, accurate publicity and informing are of great importance. In this study, publicity principles, tools and targets, promotion and marketing ways of health tourism for our country are examined.