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Contemporary medical tourism: Conceptualisation, culture and commodification
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An overview is given of the short history and rapid rise of medical tourism, its documentation, and current knowledge and analysis of the industry.About:
This article is published in Tourism Management.The article was published on 2013-02-01. It has received 465 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tourism geography & Tourism.read more
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Consumer behaviour in tourism: Concepts, influences and opportunities
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of consumer behaviour in tourism is presented, focusing on the key concepts, external influences and opportune research contexts in contemporary tourism consumer behaviour research, including decision making, values, motivations, self-concept and personality, expectations, attitudes, perceptions satisfaction, trust and loyalty.
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Customer retention in the medical tourism industry: Impact of quality, satisfaction, trust, and price reasonableness
Heesup Han,Sunghyup Sean Hyun +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a model explaining international medical travelers' intention formation by considering the impact of quality, satisfaction, trust, and price reasonableness on their intention to visit medical clinics.
Destination marketing organizations and destination marketing : a narrative analysis of the literature
Steven Pike,Stephen J. Page +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the first narrative analysis of the areas of research that have developed within the destination marketing field since its commencement in 1973 and address a number of themes including nomenclature and the Destination Marketing Organisation (DMO), the evolution of destination marketing literature, competitiveness as the DMO reason d'etre, and DMO effectiveness.
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Destination Marketing Organizations and destination marketing: a narrative analysis of the literature.
Steven Pike,Stephen J. Page +1 more
TL;DR: The Accepted Manuscript version of the following article is available online via DOI: https://doi.tourman.2013.09.009 as mentioned in this paper, and the final, definitive version of Record is available on the Web site.
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The medical tourism index: scale development and validation.
TL;DR: The results show the MTI allows to measure meaningful differences between countries, not only on an aggregated level but also on each sub-indexes, and provides a useful tool for the various stakeholders to measure and manage their medical tourism destination brand.
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Cross-border dental care: 'dental tourism' and patient mobility.
TL;DR: Though dental tourism will benefit some patients, increased patient mobility comes with numerous risks and Lack of access to affordable and timely local care plays a significant role in prompting patients to cross borders and receive dental care outside their local communities.
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Wellness Tourism in China: Resources, Development and Marketing
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper examined the potential for wellness tourism development in terms of resources and promotion from the point of view of wellness tourism experts and found that environmental assets, including fresh air, clean water and natural features, are the most important attributes for the development of tourism in China and that the promotion of tourism can best be achieved through advertising in mass media, governmental support and organizing new regional events.
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Systematic review of web sites for prospective medical tourists
Neil Lunt,Percivil Carrera +1 more
TL;DR: The paper provides the first systematic review of medical tourism sites, interrogating them for the range and quality of advice on seeking care and commenting on the nature ofmedical tourism information available and the extent to which information asymmetry is rife in the market for healthcar...