Turkey is ranked first in the world in medical tourism, and is considered one of the most important destinations in the world, as well as its geographical location and the link between Asia and Europe. This makes tourism in general and therapeutic tourism in particular develops and occupies advanced ranks among the countries of the world. There are ten main reasons for the flourishing of medical tourism in Turkey:
- Evolution of unconventional tourist patterns.
- Adopt encouraging visitor policies.
- Tourism in neighboring countries faltered.
- The development of the services sector in ports, trains, hotels and markets.
- The development of the health sector in terms of the development of hospitals and medical centers, providing modern and sophisticated treatment services and a sophisticated medical staff with high efficiency, as well as the availability of translators speak different languages that facilitate the patients from different countries easy to understand with the medical staff.
- The development of the means of advertising and the spread of Turkish drama in the Arab media has had a great impact on the increase in the number of Arab tourists from all Arab countries, especially Gulf Arab countries.
- Increasing the number of airlines, as these companies have multiple flights to dozens of Arab and European airports per day.
- Lower costs compared to quality of services provided. Where hospitals and specialized medical centers offer much lower competitive prices than other countries.
- Providing social communication service for hospitals and medical centers specialized in medical tourism where the patient can communicate with the center and get all the information in detail and know the costs before traveling to Turkey.
- The visa to Turkey is fairly easy as a tourist country, as well as the exemption of a number of countries from visa.
