The Growth of Medical Tourism and the Impacts on Local Wellbeing Equality
A Case of Thailand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21216672 |
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| Authors | Ahmad Mujafar SYAH (0000-0001-8901-3462, Rajamangala University of Technology), Kamphon DEEMOD (Rajamangala University of Technology), Liou-Yuan LI (0000-0002-2573-695X, Rajamangala University of Technology), Arifin ROSMAN (0000-0003-2508-7336, Rajamangala University of Technology) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 200-209 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2065-0817 • E-ISSN: 2065-1198 |
| Publisher | Asociatia de Geografie, Turism si Sport (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.30892/gtg.40124-820 |
| OpenAlex | W4212994030 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 39 |
Within the Asia-Pacific region, the growth of medical tourism (MT) in Thailand has been gearing toward a monumental progress. Consequentially, the various research of its policy, strategy and service management have been explored and furthered. Contradictory, the study of local wellbeing equality over the MT has, unfortunately, been in hiatus. The objective of the study is to further the current premise of the literature, test, and prove; arguing that from Thai society's perspectives, the promising MT growth in the kingdom does not necessarily mean an equal establishment of the community’s wellbeing. A quantitative methodology employed and linear regression by SPSS run. 0f 600 online and paper questionnaires distributed to Thai’s medical doctors, resident doctors, medical students (senior year), and tourism scholars, 528 responses were attained. All four tested hypotheses on the perceived growth of Thailand’s MT toward local community’s unequal economic, social, healthcare, and environmental aspects, approved. That interprets the issue of policy isolation between MT’s investment versus community’s benefits
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Hospitality · Medical tourism · Political science · Premise · Sociology · Tourism · Cruise Tourism Development and Management · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism · Law · Marketing
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Health and health-care systems in southeast Asia
Tourism Planning
Community Attachment and Attitudes Toward Tourism Development
Factors Predicting Rural Residents’ Support of Tourism
Exploring the Nature of Tourism and Quality of Life Perceptions among Residents
The Impact Of Tourism Development On Residents' Perceptions Of Community Life
Sustainable Tourism
Tourism and Sustainable Development
Medical tourism and policy implications for health systems
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Medical Tourism, Stem Cells, Genomics
Medical Tourism Destination Image and its Relationship with the Intention to Revisit
A new inequality? Privatisation, urban bias, migration and medical tourism
A typology of cross-border patient mobility
Residents' attitudes toward general and forest-related impacts of tourism
Contemporary medical tourism
Tourism experience and quality of life among elderly tourists
Perceived impacts of medical tourism development on community wellbeing
Medical tourism
Quality of life (QOL) and well-being research in tourism
Responsible and responsive tourism planning in the community
Tsunami and Flash-floods—Contrasting Modes of Tourism-related Disasters in Thailand
Medical Tourism
Power, trust, social exchange and community support
Resident Perceptions in the Urban–Rural Fringe
Resident attitudes toward tourism impacts in Hawaii
Resident perception of the environmental impacts of tourism
Resident support for tourism development
The Happiness Factor in Tourism
The Policies and Politics of Industrial Upgrading in Thailand during the Thaksin Era (2001–2006)
Community Attachment in Mass Society
Neo-Liberalism, the Rise of the Unelected and Policymaking in Thailand
Medical Migrations Afterword
Predicting Community Satisfaction among Rural Residents
Community Attachment in a Rural Region1
Further Validation of the Sirgy et al.'s Measure of Community Quality of Life
A method for assessing residents' satisfaction with community-based services
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