IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v19y2022i9p5735-d811091.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Future of Medical Tourism for Individuals’ Health and Well-Being: A Case Study of the Relationship Improvement between the UAE (United Arab Emirates) and South Korea

Author

Listed:
  • Haeok Liz Kim

    (Computational Social Science Center, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea)

  • Sunghyup Sean Hyun

    (School of Tourism, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea)

Abstract

The medical tourism industry has been growing rapidly in recent years as governments seek new sectors for sustainable growth. The increase in medical tourism and cooperation in the health and medical sector may be a path to improving relationships between countries. As a result of globalization, international tourism has been growing faster than any other time in the past. The growth of international tourism is being regarded as a contributor to the development of the economy, social cooperation, politics, and cultural relations. This paper suggests that developing medical tourism may act as a basis for increasing tourism in general, thereby enhancing cultural exchanges and improving the relationship between South Korea (Republic of Korea) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), especially by establishing a new cooperative relationship in the health and medical field. This paper focuses on the functions of medical tourism in the past and its potential in the future, which may play a significant role in the relationship between South Korea and the UAE, particularly its influence on South Korea’s policies of cooperation with the UAE in the field of health and medical services.

Suggested Citation

  • Haeok Liz Kim & Sunghyup Sean Hyun, 2022. "The Future of Medical Tourism for Individuals’ Health and Well-Being: A Case Study of the Relationship Improvement between the UAE (United Arab Emirates) and South Korea," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-19, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:9:p:5735-:d:811091
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/9/5735/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/9/5735/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Iva Bulatovic & Katia Iankova, 2021. "Barriers to Medical Tourism Development in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-14, February.
    2. Viktoriia Vovk & Lyudmila Beztelesna & Olha Pliashko, 2021. "Identification of Factors for the Development of Medical Tourism in the World," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(21), pages 1-17, October.
    3. Soojung Kim & Charles Arcodia & Insin Kim, 2019. "Critical Success Factors of Medical Tourism: The Case of South Korea," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-15, December.
    4. Bechmann Pedersen, Sune, 2020. "A Passport to Peace? Modern Tourism and Internationalist Idealism," European Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 28(3), pages 389-402, June.
    5. Neşe Kumral & A. Özlem Önder, 2009. "Tourism, Regional Development and Public Policy: Introduction to the Special Issue," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(10), pages 1441-1443, October.
    6. Lee, Kwon Hyung & Kwak , Sungil & Park, Jaeeun & Son , Sung Hyun, 2014. "The Healthcare Industry in the MENA Region and Its Policy Implications for Korea-MENA Healthcare Cooperation," World Economy Brief 14-18, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Thaib Alharethi & Moaaz Kabil, 2024. "Charting the Sustainable Course: Navigating the Saudi Arabia Medical and Wellness Tourism Roadmap with Business Model Canvas (BMC)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(9), pages 1-19, May.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Ediansyah & Muhtosim Arief & Mohammad Hamsal & Sri Bramantoro Abdinagoro, 2022. "Interplay between Networking Capability and Hospital Performance in Indonesia’s Medical Tourism Sector," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-20, December.
    2. Xiaoting Chi & Bo Meng & Hyerin Lee & Bee‐Lia Chua & Heesup Han, 2023. "Pro‐environmental employees and sustainable hospitality and tourism businesses: Exploring strategic reasons and global motives for green behaviors," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(7), pages 4167-4182, November.
    3. Yahua Bi & Sooyoung Choi & Insin Kim, 2020. "Visitors’ Motives for Attending a Healthy Food Exhibition," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(8), pages 1-14, April.
    4. Georgia Giannake & Athina Economou & Theodore Metaxas & Mary Geitona, 2023. "Medical Tourism in the Region of Thessaly, Greece: Opinions and Perspectives from Healthcare Providers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-16, May.
    5. Ralf C. Buckley & Mary-Ann Cooper, 2022. "Tourism as a Tool in Nature-Based Mental Health: Progress and Prospects Post-Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-15, October.
    6. Bulatovic, Iva & Papatheodorou, Andreas, 2023. "Civil aviation and tourism demand in Montenegro: A panel data approach," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 9(1), pages 25-36.
    7. Gangwei Cai & Lei Xu & Weijun Gao & Yan Hong & Xiaoyu Ying & Yan Wang & Fanyue Qian, 2020. "The Positive Impacts of Exhibition-Driven Tourism on Sustainable Tourism, Economics, and Population: The Case of the Echigo–Tsumari Art Triennale in Japan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-24, February.
    8. Hyun-Jeong Ban & Hak-Seon Kim, 2020. "Applying the Modified Health Belief Model (HBM) to Korean Medical Tourism," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-13, May.
    9. Zijian Zhao & Zhongwei Wang & Javier Garcia-Campayo & Hector Monzales Perez, 2022. "The Dissemination Strategy of an Urban Smart Medical Tourism Image by Big Data Analysis Technology," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-16, November.
    10. Georgios Tsekouropoulos & Anastasia Vasileiou & Greta Hoxha & Avraam Dimitriadis & Ioannis Zervas, 2023. "Sustainable Approaches to Medical Tourism: Strategies for Central Macedonia/Greece," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-28, December.
    11. Ligang Liu & Yang Zhou & Xiao Sun, 2023. "The Impact of the Wellness Tourism Experience on Tourist Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Tourist Satisfaction," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-23, January.
    12. Monika Boguszewicz-Kreft & Sylwia Kuczamer-Kłopotowska & Arkadiusz Kozłowski & Ali Ayci & Mohammd Abuhashesh, 2020. "The Theory of Planned Behaviour in Medical Tourism: International Comparison in the Young Consumer Segment," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-17, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:9:p:5735-:d:811091. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.