Question

What is medical tourism

Answer 1

Medical tourism is a kind of health tourism in which people are referred to other countries for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment in that country.

Answer 2

Medical tourism is when people travel to a country other than their own to obtain medical treatment. This is usually when people travels from a less-developed countries to major medical centers in highly developed countries for treatment unavailable at home.

Medical tourism is mostly for surgeries, or similar treatments. People with rare conditions may travel to countries where the treatment is better understood.  

Health tourism is a wider term for travel that focus on medical treatments and the use of healthcare services that patients need to fully maintain their health and sustain their fitness.