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Source : worldbulletin;April 23, 2013
The number of foreigners choosing to head to Turkey for health tourism has been increasing in the past four years, and last year some 250,000 foreigners from 107 countries came to Turkey for medical treatment. In the last four years, the number of foreigners receiving medical treatment in Turkey has tripled. According to a recently released 2012 health tourism report drafted by the department of health tourism of the Ministry of Health, while 74,000 foreign patients came to Turkey in 2008, this figure increased to 91,000 in 2009, 109,000 in 2010 and 156,000 in 2011. As a result of investments in health tourism in Turkey, the number was even higher last year. The report suggests that Turkey is one of the top 10 destinations for health tourism in the world. Germany, Russia, Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, Iraq and France top the list of the countries whose citizens visit Turkey for health tourism. In addition, a significant number of visitors come from Ukraine, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Romania, Libya, Georgia and the UK.
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Economy
The number of foreigners choosing to head to Turkey for health tourism has been increasing in the past four years, and last year some 250,000 foreigners from 107 countries came to Turkey for medical treatment. In the last four years, the number of foreigners receiving medical treatment in Turkey has tripled. According to a recently released 2012 health tourism report drafted by the department of health tourism of the Ministry of Health, while 74,000 foreign patients came to Turkey in 2008, this figure increased to 91,000 in 2009, 109,000 in 2010 and 156,000 in 2011. As a result of investments in health tourism in Turkey, the number was even higher last year. The report suggests that Turkey is one of the top 10 destinations for health tourism in the world. Germany, Russia, Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, Iraq and France top the list of the countries whose citizens visit Turkey for health tourism. In addition, a significant number of visitors come from Ukraine, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Romania, Libya, Georgia and the UK.
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Economy
