Healthcare Costs Drive the Medical Tourism Category
Medical Tourism is an up and coming travel category that is rapidly growing year after year. In 2023, the global market was valued at $24.14 billion (USD) and is expected to grow 21.4% through 2032. That rosy outlook is attributed to the increasing demand of medical travel as out of pocket health care spending continues to increase in certain regions. Waiting times for procedures and lowered capacity for specialized equipment is also a factor in driving medical tourism demand. Unlike leisure or business travel, medical tourism has another layer of complexity. Healthcare trips have additional and usually critical elements that add a layer of complexity to the journey. Medical tourism is not without its stresses and travelers seeking healthcare abroad are also seeking ways to add convenience and elevate the entire experience. Can technology help streamline the process and alleviate that stress? With medical travel on the rise, technology that offers conveniences and benefits will help drive the category and elevate individual traveler experiences.
Technology Creates Conveniences
The added complexity and layers of organizing medical travel can increase stress levels but technology can help by utilizing the advanced functionality of mobile devices. Introducing medTOUR+assist, an #indev mobile travel app designed to offer conveniences and peace of mind to travelers seeking healthcare abroad. medTOUR+assist is an all in one app that is easy to interface with and can organize all aspects of the trip. Healthcare travelers can use medTOUR+assist to:
- Organize and plan a complete medical tour
- Manage appointments, locations and reminders
- Store and access relevant medical or travel documents
- Displays localized healthcare resources and regulations
- Create and manage important tasks and checklists
- Access localized suggestions and recommendations to elevate the leisure part of the journey
medTOUR+assist is an excellent tool for before, during and after the medical trip. Users can become more confident in their healthcare travels with medTOUR+assist’s organizational and tracking capabilities, reducing the stress and potential for mistakes that are common with medical travel.
medTOUR+assist Delivers Distinct Benefits to Travelers
The additional planning and details that go into successful medical travel can be overwhelming to users. medTOUR+assist creates significant conveniences that help medical travelers organize and execute a successful healthcare trip abroad. medTOUR+assist’s capabilities can help alleviate the stress associated with medical tourism, before, during and after the journey. medTOUR+assist offers real benefits to medical travelers such as:
- Reduces stress by providing easy to use organizational and planning functionality
- Increases peace of mind by reminding medical travelers of important appointments and locations through in app navigation
- Creates conveniences by centralizing importing travel and medical documents
- Drives medical traveler confidence by ensuring detailed tracking of important tasks through checklists
- Enhances traveler experiences with localized suggestions and resources for both the medical and leisure part of the trip
Medical travelers who seek healthcare services abroad can enjoy significant cost and time savings but planning these types of journeys can be stressful and overwhelming. medTOUR+assist allows users to enjoy the benefits of medical tourism while reducing stress and ensuring a successful trip with its highly capable and relevant features.
Elevating Medical Travel, One Tour at a Time
Escalating healthcare costs and longer waiting times are driving demand for both elective and non-elective medical procedures performed abroad. Medical tourism is poised for robust growth over the next few years but planning and organizing medical travel can be overwhelming to travelers with the additional complexities associated with this type of journey. Can technology help relieve stress and give peace of mind to health care travelers? medTOUR+assist uses the powerful capabilities of mobile devices to deliver significant conveniences for users seeking healthcare abroad. Powerful organizational and localization tools will help users cover all the details required for successful medical travel and elevate the medical and leisure parts of the experience. Easy to use and practical, medTOUR+assist is the perfect all in one companion for health care travelers that delivers conveniences and benefits before, during and after the journey.
Source: https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/industry-reports/medical-tourism-market-100681
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