Israel’s tourism is booming and on course for a record 3.5 million tourists this year. There are many reasons for Israel’s current success in tourism, but the main factor is that it has shifted from positioning itself as a sun and sea destination competing with countries such as Cyprus, Egypt and Malta.
It is often asked what are the dominant and major players in the provision of medical and hospital services in the “medical tourism” industry to provide these services to “medical tourists”.
The major players in this market and the effective marketing of offshore medical services are Argentina , Brazil , Costa Rica , India or course , Malaysia , Mexico ( proximity to the United States and major markets , with a fair amount of seniors present – states such as Texas, Nevada , Arizona and California) , Panama , the Philippines ( especially to Asian medical consumers such as Japan and S. Korea) , South Africa , Thailand and Turkey.