From January 18 opens Fitur Salud, the section dedicated to Medical Tourism in Fitur, one of the most important world fairs of the tourism sector. Spain is protagonist in fact, in the ranking, about health tourism, it’s at sixth place in Europe and eighth in the world with a turnover, in 2014, of 344 million dollars.
The majority of patients who arrive in Spain it does from locations that are distant from three to six hours of flight.
Significant growth in thermal tourism, which recorded an increase of 6.2% with a value of 7.6 million dollars. The Catalonia is the preferred region for this type of treatment mainly by tourists from France, Germany and the UK.
Also increased the economic value of medical tourism: on average, each person spends 1,155? with an average stay of 11.6 days.
Economic competitiveness and global quality of supply:
“Only five years ago this kind of market did not exist in Spain,” says Monica Figuerola, General Manager of Spaincares, the organization that promotes Spain as for Medical Tourism destination, “Today we grow at a 20% annual rate, both the number of medical tourists and both turnover, thanks to factors such as climate, the good quality of life and, above all, our health facilities both in terms of technology both specialists”.
“Many patients come from Russia or the United Arab Emirates,” says Figuerola, “and are in addition to the French, English or German. Looking for complex services and not only look at the economic factor but the overall quality of service. “
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