Medical tourists may be citizens of developed countries or developing countries. but the majority of these tourists are from the United States, Canada, and England, and the destination of these tourists are countries such as: Brazil, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Panama, Singapore, Turkey, Taiwan, South Korea, South Africa and Thailand. One of the most popular medical tourist destinations in the world is Iran. Especially in the field of heart surgery and cosmetic surgery and other medical fields. Pars Med Travel company in Iran is known as one of the world pioneers in the field of Medical Tourism with Clinics and medical centers that welcome medical tourists and benefit from the most advanced facilities and the most specialized people.
Medical Tourism in Iran
In the Middle East, Iran is one of the reliable destination for medical tourists. Compared to its regional competitors, including Turkey, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, Iran charges less for providing quality medical services and is a higher priority for health tourism.
What is medical tourism and what services does it include?
Medical tourism is a branch of health tourism in which a person travels to other countries with the aim of using advanced medical facilities and curing illness. This phenomenon arose and noticed when many patients in their country did not have the possibility to use medical and treatment equipment or people traveled to other countries with the aim of reducing treatment costs.
It is interesting to know that the tourism industry is considered the third most important industry in the world after the oil and automobile industry. The tourism industry is very important in increasing the country’s income and financial circulation, so that with the significant growth of this industry, it is predicted that in the near future it may become the first industry in the world. Over the past years, tourism has been transformed into the specialized branches that we have mentioned below:
- Health Tourism
- Religious
- Cultural
- Sports and…
Getting to know the concept of Medical Tourism
Due to the remarkable growth of the medical tourism industry and the popularity of this field among the general public, the possibility of treatment was easily provided through online doctors’ appointments and international flights or domestic flights. The important issue of medical tourism is providing medical information online for patients, and after treatment and returning to their country or city, the patient can easily communicate with doctors or medical centers through virtual space and online platforms.
An important issue that you should pay attention to before traveling is to ensure the expertise of the doctor and the health care systems of the destination city or country. Health tourism includes various activities in a wide field, medical tourism carry out in a place far from a person’s place of residence with a time interval of more than 24 hours. Medical tourism includes a wide range of medical and health services. Among the most common and popular services in this field, we can mention the following:
- Cosmetic surgeries
- Eye and heart surgery
- Diseases related to cancer
- Dental
- Infertility treatment
- Organ transplantation
- Hydrotherapy
Health tourism generally divide into 3 categories:
- Medical tourism
- Curative Tourism
- Wellness Tourism
Medical tourism
It includes medical services in the field of heart and brain, cosmetic surgery, hair transplant, nose surgery, etc. which is generally related to important and vital parts of the body; And the most common and at the same time the most sensitive sub-branch of health tourism is related to medical tourism. These trips usually take place for the purpose of treatment of disease, surgery or control of the patient’s health in clinics, medical centers and hospitals.
Many tourist countries in the world that have medical tourism services, in order to increase income, provide these services specially and sometimes exclusively to medical tourists. Among the important things that in the field of health tourism of a country for the development of medical tourism and attracting more travelers have a significant impact on the comfort and satisfaction of health tourists are:
- The presence of specialist doctors and associates
- Having hospitals and clinics under the supervision of world standards
- Useful history of medical science
- The existence of medical infrastructure with medical supervision
- Complete and up-to-date medical equipment
- The existence of hotels with suitable welfare services and the field of activities such as tourism and tourist services for travelers
It is worth mentioning that Iran has a history of thousands of years in the field of medicine, and since ancient times, Iranian doctors are famouse internationally due to their high ability in medical science.
Curative Tourism
Medical tourism is one of the sub-branches of health tourism. The term “tourist therapy” actually means visiting centers with natural treatment resources and services, under the supervision of a doctor. These natural services include the following:
- Hot springs
- Bright sun
- Mud therapy
- salt Lake
- Medical massage
- Herbal bath
- Beautiful and clean environment
Iran is one of the top countries in the field of health tourism, thanks to its unique nature and benefiting from various types of naturopathy resources. Along with the natural and therapeutic resources, a suitable environment has been provided for tourists to stay, so that travelers can spend the treatment process in complete peace during their stay in Iran. Currently, more than 1000 mineral water springs with therapeutic properties have been identified in Iran, which are considered to be natural attractions of the country apart from medical tourism.
Wellness Tourism
Includes non-surgical wellness services, including massage therapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy and use of hot and cold springs in destination countries, which also includes aspects of recreation and entertainment. This group of tourists travel to rejuvenate, strengthen mental peace, and avoid any worries and tensions of life without medical supervision and intervention. One of the attractions of health tourism in Iran is staying in forest hotels and villas (staying in hotels near the desert, beach, and mountains), visiting natural landscapes and pristine places, without a doubt, has a significant effect on the relaxation of health tourism travelers.
What are the main motivations in medical travel?
Price:
One of the most important factors in attracting foreign patients is the cost-effectiveness of medical services and it is cheaper than medical services in the country of origin. The mistake of many doctors is that they think that because a foreign patient has entered the country, they can declare the treatment costs more than normal, but it should be noted that foreign patients have to complete all the cases before entering the destination country. They have checked the quality and type of treatment and the price of different cost sectors in the destination country and decided to enter.
Quality of medical services:
The quality of medical services is the opposite of the price, in the sense that foreign patients expect better quality treatment than the treatments of their own country with lower costs, and this is precisely a factor for their increasing presence in the destination country.
Weak medical infrastructure in the city of origin:
In the situation where medical services are provided in the countries of origin, this factor is a good incentive to refer to other countries. This case found in neighboring countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan, which are facing weak medical services and infrastructure in the medical sector.
Unavailability of special treatments or special medical expertise:
with the increase of treatment technologies and medical sciences, many treatments performed more easily than in the past, so patients choose countries for treatment that have are special expertise.
Attractions of the destination city:
Another attractive item for patients to go to different countries for treatment is the attractions available in the destination city, for example, in Iran, historical cities such as Isfahan, Yazd and Shiraz, in addition to the power of treatment centers. Due to the fact that these cities are touristic, they are more popular.
Also, cities such as Mashhad and Qom have been favored by travelers for healing due to the presence of pilgrimage sites.6- Existence of medical hubs and reputable medical brands: In cities such as Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad, Yazd, due to the many referrals of patients from Arab countries, they have established reputable centers that have been approved and referred by patients from other countries.
For example, in the city of Isfahan, with the establishment of Isfahan Health Town as a hub of tourism and health in Isfahan, and the presence of the latest day treatment technologies in this town, and in addition to the fact that this town is a tourist, it has been favored by many patients.
Also, every city and every country is famous in some kind of specialty or branded in some way, for example, Iran in the field of fertility and infertility treatments, as well as in the field of cosmetic surgery. Pars Med Travel is one of the best options for choosing your medical destinations with Using professional doctors and the most advanced technology in the world.
