国际医疗旅游发展研究综述

A Review of the Development of International Medical Tourism

医疗业与旅游业的融合产生了一种极具市场魅力的新型行业,即医疗旅游。近年来医疗旅游成为国内外学者研究的重点领域。对近年来国际医疗旅游的国外相关期刊文献进行了查阅与整理,从内涵和分类、影响因素、发展效应、游客动机行为等几个方面出发,对国外医疗旅游发展情况做了简单评价,并总结出其对国内医疗旅游发展的启示。

The combination of healthcare and tourism generates a very attractive new business,that is,medical tourism,a key area to which researchers both home and abroad have given priority in recent years.The essay reviews researches in medical tourism conducted by foreign researchers in recent years,concentrating on contents,categories,influencing factors,development effect and tourists’ motivational behavior.Then a simple evaluation is made to the whole development of medical tourism abroad,so as to sum up the enlightenment to the tourism of our country.