How to develop medical tourism in China

How to develop medical tourism in China

1.0 Introduction

With the rapid development of economy, the field of tourism is extensive in many areas, the development of medical tourism having more leaps and bounds. In recent years, with the increase of aging problem in social population and medical costs, and growing health consciousness, more countries begin to think of medical services, rehabilitation, visiting the auxiliary tourism services in a new travel service. World medical tourism also gets insufficient gross output value of billions dollars, and in 2005 has arrived US $20 billion. Medical tourism concept did not reach a consensus in the educational world, the world tourism organization, from the perspective of medical tourism service theme, defines the medical tourism as, rehabilitation and health care, disease and health cultivation as the theme of the tourism services. Liu Tingfang (2009), from the perspective of exterior-interior relationship of the tourism and health, thought that all can contribute to the tourists health medical tourism, to have a travel in health care, disease prevention, emergency care, rehabilitation, beauty, spa, etc. Under the premise of providing tourists the opportunity to be close to nature and the environment, advocate the tourists to participate in the activities of health tourism, let tourists eye-opening, cheerful body and mind and a strong body. Definition, according to the world tourism organization, of medical tourism is the medical treatment and nursing, disease and health, rehabilitation and training as the main body of new tourism services, is a concentration of rehabilitation treatment and nursing care, health, vacation, entertainment in one process, its services include not only health care as the main object of tourists, tourism resort for secondary purposes, including tourism as the main purpose, health care for secondary purposes of tourists. With the development of world economic globalization and trade integration, medical tourism has rapid development in the global scope, becoming one of the fastest growing industry.

2.0 Literature Review

First of all, the international medical tourism is high consumption and growth of emerging industries. In 2011, the global international medical tourism industry was more than $7, 50 billion. According to McKinsey predicts that international medical tourism output will remain more than 20% of the annual growth rate.According to the American medical tourism association predicts that by 2017 there will be up to 2, 3 million americans leave the country medical tourism, will cost up to $79.5 billion a year, the main destination for Mexico and India, Thailand and other Asian countries. India, Thailand and other countries in the case of a decline in the overall economy, medical tourism contrarian rally, become the main sunrise industry. 

Second, the international medical tourism is helpful to promote the development of health services.Medical tourism is an important content of health services.To meet the needs of the international medical tourism, with a view to the international market development, not only will greatly expand the development space of private medical institutions in our country, and will promote medical institutions actively promote medical facilities, talent, technology, service specification, management system and other aspects of the internationalization level, creating the international certification system under the internationalization of internationalization of hospital and doctor, improve the overall level and international competitiveness of China''s medical and health services.