The tourism industry is one of the largest and most productive economic activities in the
world that directly and indirectly affects other economic and cultural activities. The purpose …

Introduction: Planning in the field of medical tourism is of particular importance. The main
objective of this research was to identify and analyze the factors affecting the growth of …

This study aims to theoretically integrate quality factors of both medical and hospitality
services in medical tourism. Medical tourism comprises both medicine and tourism. Although …

Introduction: It is predicted that tourism will be the most profitable industry in the world in
2020. The current study aimed to evaluate the influence of advertising on attracting foreign …

With the rapid explosion of deep aging, Time Banking (TB) has been prevalent in recent
years and attracts much research attention. Although intensive studies have investigated the …

Introduction: Health tourism refers to travel for the use of services that improve or promote
the physical or psychological health of an individual in a location apart from their place of …

Background: This narrative review aimed to reevaluate the medical tourism sector in Iran to
reveal the new trends and activities in order to know the current actual share of Iran in the …

In the present era, hospitals are actively encouraging their International Patient Departments
(IPD) to provide high-quality medical services at a cost-effective rate for international …

Health tourism is one of the fastest-growing branches of tourism in the world. Health tourism
not only leads to the strengthening of the scientific, political, social, and regional sectors but …

Introduction: Iran has considerable potentials for growth of health tourism. However, they
have not been properly realized towards national development. This paper has attempted to …