Health-care tourism in Singapore

Abstract

Researcher defined health tourism as part of a tourist facility or destination to attract tourists by promoting its health-care services and facilities besides its regular tourist amenities. This study aims to find out how tourists perceive Singapore as a choice of destination for health-care treatment. Our findings reveal that “medical facilities” is the most important factor to consider when they seek for overseas treatment. While both the Asia and non-Asia groups of respondents perceive Singapore having good medical facilities, the Asia group considers “communication” as a problem they may encounter in Singapore whereas the non-Asia group is more concerned with “cost.” The implication of the results is also discussed.

Citation

Hui, T.-K. and Wan, D. (2009), "Health-care tourism in Singapore", Chen, J.S. (Ed.) Advances in Hospitality and Leisure (Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, Vol. 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-3542(2009)0000005010