Turkey: 30% is predicting growth of tourist flow to sphere of medical tourism

The FULTIC of Medical Tourism of Turkey, according to the results of the current year, will receive more than 1.8 million people, which is 30 percent higher than last year. The head of the Association of Travel Agencies of Turkey (Türsab) Firuz Baglykaya shared this forecast with this forecast.

The head of Türsab recalled that last year, 1.4 million people arrived in Turkey in order to receive medical services.

“directly in January -March of 2023, 474,114 people used the services of medical tourism objects of Turkey, 37.5 percent more than the same period last year. A positive trend will remain,” Baglyka said.

According to him, Turkey’s income from medical tourism will also grow.

“In the first quarter of this year, Turkey’s income from the medical tourism sphere increased by 10.7 percent compared to January -March last year and reached $ 453 million,” he stated.