Query: sustainable health tourism

title: Sustainable health tourism site selection with a fuzzy linguistic prolog

title: ACCOUNTING INFORMATION FOR MANAGING SUSTAINABLE HEALTH TOURISM PRODUCT IN THE TOURISM DESTINATION
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore the adaptation of integrated reporting (IR) model to the specifics of health tourism services in the tourism destination, with a particular emphasis on complying with the stakeholders' attitudes, sustainability development and corporate governance principles.  After the introduction and the literature review, the content will be focused on testing the hypothesis "Information provided by integrated reporting (IR) system is relevant in assessing recognition and competitiveness of destination's health tourism product" and for preparing IR model for health tourism destination.  Spearman's correlation coefficient will be used to prove the hypothesis based on the results of survey conducted in 2018 in the tourism destination Kvarner, which has been recognised in the Croatian strategic documents as the destination with great potential for health tourism development.  To apply a methodological framework of integrated reporting (IR) to the specifics of health tourism services in the tourism destination, adhering to the principles of corporate governance (destination is considered as a corporation) Findings Designing management information system relevant to shortand long term decision making, according to the destination management and the stakeholders' specific needs. Originality of the research Originality can be recognised as a theoretical contribution to the strategic accounting through developing the specific model of integrated reporting for healthtourism products in the health tourism destination. This approach is also relevant from the practical point of view because it shows how to recognise capitals on the input side (natural, financial, manufactured, intellectual, human, social and relationship) and how to set up a business model that would create added value.

title: The Innovative Health Tourism's Environmental Management Sustainable Design Facilities Assessment Capability
abstract: One important domain has been evolving along parallel pathways in tourism studies which is community based tourism (CBT) This poses significant challenges to those interested in community health tourism and their building infrastructures, research and practice in the sustainable development design and environmental management facilities in the sector of health tourism. An assessment capability is taking place for project management, monitoring schemes and actions that promote innovation at Health Tourism's construction infrastructures to minimize outdoor pollution threats next to community health centers from brownfields (i.e. waste water units and associated sanitary units, landfills etc. This paper is presenting an integrated framework based on a comprehensive and analysis of the community health centers and sustainable design facilities in health tourism related facilities. The study reveals not just common ground and differences that might be anticipated, but also important sustainability dimensions that are lagging or require much greater attention, such as environmental management, sustainable designs, monitoring and public health protection of tourists. A preliminary framework of "sustainable community based tourism" (SCBT) is forwarded that attempts to provide innovative operational solutions in Health Tourism's facilities. Critical directions are presented making useful conclusions to progress research and development in sustainability oriented practices towards more effective sustainable designs and operational management of tourism facilities in Greece and the surrounded Mediterranean region.

title: Health tourism: an opportunity for sustainable development
abstract: In February 2017, the "Programma Mattone Internazionale Salute" (ProMis) that is the Italian Program for Internationalization of Regional Health Systems of the Ministry of Health (MoH) presented the first version of its Position Paper on Health Tourism, which embeds a first shared approach to the recommendations expressed by the European Committee of Regions (CoR) on "Age Friendly" tourism. The CoR stresses the importance of local and regional authorities in the coordination of multi sectoral policies such as healthcare, social assistance, transport, urban planning and rural development in relation to the promotion of mobility, security, accessibility of services, including health care and social services. "Age friendly" tourism is an example of an innovative tourist offer that strives to meet the health needs of the entire "traveling" population, with an integrated and cross sector approach that involves various organizations operating in sectors such as healthcare, accessibility and transport. The aim of the workshop was to explore the interest of the stakeholders to participate in a systemic action in the field of "health" tourism, and to identify priority implementation areas that offer opportunities to take advantage of validated, innovative experiences that strengthen the accessibility to health and social services in regional, national and international contexts. This effort provides the opportunity to take advantage of aligning the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) to the development of tourism, coherently with the needs and resources of local and regional health authorities.

title: Advancing Medical Tourism in the United Arab Emirates: Toward a Sustainable Health Care System
abstract: Medical tourism provides an essential advantage for destinations. On the other hand, the knowledge of developing competitive medical tourism destinations is still limited. This study models a conceptual framework on novel ways of sustaining the United Arab Emirate (UAE) Vision 2020 with reference to the existing models on behavior. In the current study, the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) which is health related, along with the Finance, System and connection (FSC) model, is employed. Using an empirically based methodology, the data for the investigation is collected with the aid of a questionnaire. As such, the study employs finance, system, and connections variables which are commonly adopted in testing medical tourism development. The designed model incorporates these three important factors that have remained the focal points in the world of medical tourism. Hence, the result reveals empirical evidence suggesting that the finance, system, and the connection factors significantly foster the growth of tourist arrivals in Dubai. Moreover, it predicates that the significant improvement in the economy of Dubai administrative government is likely to be connected with the development of its medical infrastructure. Additionally, by employing the use of SMART PLS (partial least square) software package, the structural analysis tests, like model fit, further affirms the robustness of the results. In addition, the study presents policy implication for the stakeholders in the health sector, tourism sector, and the government.

title: Health Tourism in Iran: A Path towards Sustainable Development
abstract: Dear Editor in ChiefIn many countries, tourism is a major force for economic growth. Today, the role of tourism in socio economic development of countries developed to a higher degree which economists have called it invisible exports. Experts predict that the tourism becomes the most profitable industry in the world in 2020 (1) Among the different areas of tourism, health tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry in the world (2) Health tourism means traveling to other countries to receive some forms of health care services, which includes a wide range of treatment practices (3) Some of the main reasons of people to travel in other countries include health aspects, changing consumer values, increased stress and workload, aging population, high health care and treatment costs in developed countries, lack of insurance coverage, lack of facilities in the country of origin, possibility of treatment along with the enjoyment of the holidays (2) It is estimated that each health tourist will generate exchange rate three times a normal tourist (1) What is clear is that health tourism in the world and also in developing countries has boomed. Globalization and trade liberalization in the area of health care has paved the way for the fast growing of this type of tourism (1, 4).Single product economy of Iran which is only based on oil based products has led to the many problems for the country and great fluctuations have always adversely impacted Iran's economy. Health tourism industry is one of the factors that have been mentioned in national health map, so that 5% of the total resources of the health system will be supplied by the incomes from treatment (medical) tourism by the end of the fifth development plan (5) At present, the main reasons for patients to travel to Iran is the high quality of health services, low costs of medication and treatment compared to other countries in the region, access to health services and modern and advanced equipment, the presence of professionals and skilled experts in the field of health in Iran, shared culture and language and the shortage or lack of equipment and experts in the most countries of the origin (3) If health tourism is considered as a priority, Iran could potentially prevent from transfer of the currency and manpower to other countries (1, 6, 7) It is worth noting that the increase in revenue from service overseas can develop health infrastructure, especially for vulnerable groups of society (8) Iran is faced by some challenges in the areas including basic and medical infrastructures, state effective supports, having a formulated program of health tourism development, inter sectoral coordination and participation at the macro and operational level, having accred ited health service providers, and promotion and integrated marketing (9).Therefore, policymakers should design a systematic and comprehensive program, and by designing and operation of healthcare city in the provinces with strategic location (e.g. West Azerbaijan and Khorasan Razavi, etc.

title: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: HEALTH TOURISM IN IRAN: A PATH TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
abstract: In many countries, tourism is a major force for economic growth. Today, the role of tourism in socio economic development of countries developed to a higher degree which economists have called it invisible exports. Experts predict that the tourism becomes the most profitable industry in the world in 2020 (1) Among the different areas of tourism, health tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry in the world (2) Health tourism means traveling to other countries to receive some forms of health care services, which includes a wide range of treatment practices (3) Some of the main reasons of people to travel in other countries include health aspects, changing consumer values, increased stress and workload, aging population, high health care and treatment costs in developed countries, lack of insurance coverage, lack of facilities in the country of origin, possibility of treatment along with the enjoyment of the holidays (2) It is estimated that each health tourist will generate exchange rate three times a normal tourist (1) What is clear is that health tourism in the world and also in developing countries has boomed. Globalization and trade liberalization in the area of health care has paved the way for the fast growing of this type of tourism (1, 4) Single product economy of Iran which is only based on oil based products has led to the many problems for the country and great fluctuations have always adversely impacted Iran's economy. Health tourism industry is one of the factors that have been mentioned in national health map, so that 5% of the total resources of the health system will be supplied by the incomes from treatment (medical) tourism by the end of the fifth development plan (5) At present, the main reasons for patients to travel to Iran is the high quality of health services, low costs of medication and treatment compared to other countries in the region, access to health services and modern and advanced equipment, the presence of professionals and skilled experts in the field of health in Iran, shared culture and language and the shortage or lack of equipment and experts in the most countries of the origin (3) If health tourism is considered as a priority, Iran could potentially prevent from transfer of the currency and manpower to other countries (1, 6, 7) It is worth noting that the increase in revenue from service overseas can develop health infrastructure, especially for vulnerable groups of society (8) Iran is faced by some challenges in the areas including basic and medical infrastructures, state effective supports, having a formulated program of health tourism development, inter sectoral coordination and participation at the macroand operational level, having accred

title: Identifying the Potential of Health Tourism in Pasargadae Region, Iran
abstract: Health tourism is one of the most influential parameters that can play a significant role in the tourism development of the country. Although this concept has been given special attention in the developed countries, developing countries such as Iran, in spite of the richness of capabilities and potentials, have not made a worthwhile investment in this field. Despite the fact that health tourism in Iran is in its infancy, it can strengthen its foundations in Iran by creating new opportunities and competitiveness of the tourism industry. This paper seeks to provide a first assessment of this emerging phenomenon in the area, which aims at introducing and designing a health tourism centre or health village in the Pasargadae region of Fars province, due to the high potential of this region to attract tourists and excellent positions to construct health village. For this purpose, by identifying strengths and opportunities for sustainable health tourism development, as well as by examining challenging issues and threats, guidelines for converting the weaknesses into opportunities, and effectual usage of strengths and positive points with the applicable approach are presented.

title: Factors influeincing health tourism development in Belokurikha Resort
abstract: The paper studies approaches to understanding the health tourism in Belokurikha Resort. In fact, Belokurikha Resort is the largest recreational area in the Asian part of the Russian Federation. The authors define the factors of tourism development in the area and outline the elements of health tourism development: historical development, natural resources, economic, infrastructural, ethnosocial, tourist, administrative, informational and business ones. The paper considers an influence of these factors on sustainable development of Belokurikha Resort and its neighboring territories.

title: Factors influeincing health tourism development in Belokurikha Resort
abstract: The paper studies approaches to understanding the health tourism in Belokurikha Resort. In fact, Belokurikha Resort is the largest recreational area in the Asian part of the Russian Federation. The authors define the factors of tourism development in the area and outline the elements of health tourism development: historical development, natural resources, economic, infrastructural, ethno social, tourist, administrative, informational and business ones. The paper considers an influence of these factors on sustainable development of Belokurikha Resort and its neighboring territories.