International Conference on Eurasian Economies
11-13 October 2012 – Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN
Paper detail
Paper ID : 455
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Sectoral Analyses
Presenter: Dr. Tuncay Kara
Session : 4C Turizm
Turkish States' New Field Of Attack: Health Tourism
Türk Devletlerinin Yeni Hamle Sahası: Sağlık Turizmi
- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Burçin Yereli (Hacettepe University, Türkiye)
- Dr. Tuncay Kara (Artvin Çoruh University, Türkiye)
Abstract
The lifetime of human being has lengthened out depending on the developing medical technology and the incredible development of life conditions in accordance with the past. Subject to the lengthening lifetime, high expenditures are excessively spent for the health service in order to keep and develop their health level by both the individuals and the states that reserve high shares for health from their budgets. Through the direct flow of foreign currency into the economies of the States, the field where the easiest money transfer is performed is tourism. In the 21st century, the name of the meeting field of health sector and tourism. The Turkish States located just in the middle of the European Economic Region and the Arabian Economies and the developing Chinese Economy, will have the inarguable advantages at the field of health tourism in the years 2030 intended for being the countries whose 65+ population will reach at the 25% level of their whole populations where the health expenses of the current powerful economies are carried out by their population structures, the short distance of flight which effects the healing process of the ones getting treated, and also by their magnificent geographies. Turkish States will be able to have a say in the market of health service in the world of future providing huge economic acquisition by creating new employment areas for their young ones through health tourism. Turkish States should develop the policies to encourage their investors in order to investon this field.
JEL codes: I11, L26, J14
Yereli, Ahmet Burçin, Kara, Tuncay (2012). "Turkish States' New Field Of Attack: Health Tourism" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2012, pp.351-358, Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C03.00455
