ANKARA, May 26 -- As a country known as an ideal destination for enjoying sun-bathing beach holidays, Turkey is also aiming to become a global leader in health tourism with a series of recent measures introduced by the government.
Suffering a long wait before getting treatment or surgery in their own countries, foreigners, especially the Europeans, prefer Turkey's medical institutions because of their fast-track procedures.
Turkey is ranked fourth in the global list for healthcare tourism in terms of the number of patients served, and third in terms of the revenue generated.
"Some 756,000 health tourists were welcomed in 2017, generating 7.2 billion U.S dollars," Emin Cakmak, founding chairman of the Turkish Healthcare Travel Council, told Xinhua.
Citing the state-of-the-art oncology equipment used in Turkey, he hailed the serious investment in the health industry in the past 15 years, which "has completely upgraded Turkey's infrastructure and technology."
In order to further the booming health tourism, the Turkish government announced a series of new investment regulations and incentives for the sector last month.
According to Turkish Finance Minister Naci Agbal, the recently enacted value added tax (VAT) rules specify a VAT exemption for Turkey's foreign patients who receive services in this sector.
Turkey, which has set a higher standard of success with the concept it created in the sector in recent years, saw a 31-percent increase in health tourism in 2017, at a time when the country's economy is facing difficulties with the depreciation of its currency.
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