Medical tourism, often addressed as health tourism, is a new concept in terms of tourism industry in general, and it is also one of the rapidly developing and growing ones. This book gives information on the medical tourism in general and its history. It also revises the development stages of the medical tourism in the world. Cuban medical tourism is analyzed on its own , as well as Russian medical tourism and the demand for it. Medical tourism is rather popular among Russians due to various reasons. The connection between Cuban medical institutions and Russian tour operators is revised in detail to understand the possibilities, reasons and need for medical tourism by Russian consumers in Cuba.
Medical Tourism