Australia: Medical tourism profile
Overview
| Inbound medical tourism 2019 | 10,000 |
| Inbound medical tourism 2020 | Login to view |
| Inbound medical tourism 2021 | Login to view |
| Inbound health and wellness | Login to view |
| Outbound medical tourism | Login to view |
| Tourists 2019 | 9.4 million |
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| Tourists 2021 | Login to view |
| Population 2021 | 25.8 million |
| Diaspora | Login to view |
Compared to Asia, costs are high. Low numbers of both hospital bed capacity and a limited number of skilled workers combined with a complex visa application process and low government support have led to the industry failing to compete with its international competitors.
Inbound
Medical tourism numbers in
Data from Tourism Research Australia shows 10,739 people went to Australia for medical reasons in the year to September 2013.
Outbound
Medical tourism numbers out
In 2013 Meredith Jones from the University of Technology in Sydney estimated that 15,000 Australians travel overseas each year to undergo cosmetic procedures. This number is still in use in 2022 for dental and cosmetic tourism combined.
Environment
Medical tourism promotion
None.
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Medical tourism news and opinion
- Medical travel: why we should stop focusing on increased numbers
Medical travel analyst Ian Youngman argues that medical tourism destinations need to stop concentrating on increased numbers. Mainstream tourism countries, including regions and cities in
- South Korea: malpractice review poses risks for medical travel sector
Health minister Cho Kyoo-hong is set to review measures to relieve the burden of medical professionals in South Korea, including possibly enacting a special law
- What exactly is Health Tourism?
Can you, and should you, promote your offering as a ‘wellness’ service? From a marketing point of view, the critical issue is the expectations of
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