Scoping and Sustainability Analysis of the Medical/Health Tourism Service Sector Network (Draft)

Medical/Health tourism is an industry that has recently evolved due to the increasing number of travelers traveling to foreign countries to get themselves treated, primarily due to the long waiting list for medical treatment in their own countries and also due to the distinct cost advantage and the possibility of combining leisure with well being.

Since medical/health tourism is a service sector and involves many linkages forming a well defined network, the sustainability analysis of this network will give important insights into how the various players of the network operate; the nature of interaction between the various players and the impact of these actions on the economic, social and environmental aspects of the micro-region. Sustainability analysis will help to identify the appropriate sustainability indicators that shall decide the overall sustainability of the network and help in coming out with suitable policy recommendations to integrate the vital aspect of sustainability into the medical/health tourism sector network.       

The probable actors of the Medical/Health tourism sector are: